Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Synonym: Palaeophis udovichenkoi Averianov 1997
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 Palaeophis according to P. B. Snetkov 2011
See also Averianov 1997 and Snetkov and Bannikov 2010
Sister taxa: Palaeophis africanus, Palaeophis casei, Palaeophis colossaeus, Palaeophis ferganicus, Palaeophis grandis, Palaeophis halidanus, Palaeophis littoralis, Palaeophis longus, Palaeophis maghrebianus, Palaeophis oweni, Palaeophis porcatus, Palaeophis tamdy, Palaeophis toliapicus, Palaeophis typhaeus, Palaeophis vastaniensis, Palaeophis virginianus, Paleophis virginianus, Vialovophis zhylan, Nessovophis zhylga
Type specimens:
- Palaeophis nessovi: Its type locality is Kachar, which is in a Priabonian marine claystone in the Tavda Formation of Kazakhstan
- Palaeophis udovichenkoi: Its type locality is Prolom, which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian marine limestone/marl in Ukraine.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Kazakhstan (5 collections), Ukraine (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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