Reptilia - Squamata - Elapidae
Synonym: Palaeonaja Hoffstetter 1939
Parent taxon: Elapidae according to B. Hugues-Alexandre et al. 2013
See also Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985, Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1987, Carroll 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Rage 1984, Szyndlar 1985 and Szyndlar and Rage 1990
Sister taxa: Austrelaps, Calliophis, Chitulia, Disteira, Disteiramecdup, Elaps, Hydrophiinae, Laticaudinae, Leioselasma, Micrurus, Najinae, Notechis, Polyodontognathus, Protropidonotus, Protropidonotus neglectus, Pseudechis, Sinomicrurus, Xenodermus
Subtaxa: Naja antiqua Naja austriaca Naja iberica Naja naja Naja romani Palaeonaja crassa Palaeonaja depereti Palaeonaja romani
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Philippines (1 collection), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of France (1), Greece (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (2), Turkey (1)
• Miocene of Austria (3), France (3), Germany (5), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (2), Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (6), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 35 collections including 39 occurrences
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