Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Alternative combination: Nessovophis tamdy
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 E. A. Zvonok and P. B. Snetkov 2012
See also Averianov 1997 and Rage et al. 2003
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 toliapicus, Palaeophis typhaeus, Palaeophis vastaniensis, Palaeophis virginianus, Paleophis virginianus, Nessovophis zhylga, Vialovophis zhylan
Type specimen: ZISP PC 7/34, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Dzheroi 2, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in Uzbekistan.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Ukraine (1 collection), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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