Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Alternative combination: Dinophis grandis
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1869. Description of a new and gigantic fossil serpent (Dinophis grandis), from the Tertiary of New Jersey. American Journal of Arts and Sciences 48(144):397-400
Belongs to Palaeophis according to D. Parmley and M. DeVore 2005
See also Cope 1870, Cope 1872, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Marsh 1869 and Parmley and Reed 2003
Sister taxa: Palaeophis africanus, Palaeophis casei, Palaeophis colossaeus, Palaeophis ferganicus, 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, Nessovophis zhylga, Vialovophis zhylan
Type specimen: YPM 2762 (single dorsal vertebra). Its type locality is Shark River, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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