Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Full reference: A. O. Averianov. 1997. Paleogene sea snakes from the eastern part of Tethys. Russian Journal of Herpetology 4(2):128-142
Belongs to Nessovophis according to A. O. Averianov 1997
Sister taxa: Palaeophis africanus, Palaeophis casei, Palaeophis colossaeus, Palaeophis ferganicus, Palaeophis grandis, Palaeophis halidanus, Palaeophis littoralis, Palaeophis longus, Palaeophis maghrebianus, Palaeophis nessovi, Palaeophis oweni, Palaeophis porcatus, Palaeophis tamdy, Palaeophis toliapicus, Palaeophis typhaeus, Palaeophis vastaniensis, Palaeophis virginianus, Paleophis virginianus, Vialovophis zhylan
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zhylga 1b, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in Kazakhstan
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Zhylga 1b
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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