Synonyms: Estesius Wallach 1984, Ophiomorphus Haas 1980
Full reference: G. Haas. 1979. On a new snakelike reptile from the lower Cenomanian of ein Jabrud, near Jerusalem. Bulletin du Muséum national d’Historie naturelle, Paris, Série 4 1:51-64
Parent taxon: Macrostomata according to O. Rieppel et al. 2003
See also Caldwell and Lee 1997, Lee and Caldwell 1998, Lee et al. 1999, Lee and Scanlon 2002, Longrich et al. 2012, Palci et al. 2013 and Wallach 1984
Sister taxa: Amaru, Booidea, Kataria, Loxocemus, Podophis, Tropidophiidae, Xenopeltis
Subtaxa: Pachyrhachis problematicus
Type: Pachyrhachis problematicus
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at 'Ein Yabrud quarries (Cretaceous of Palestine)
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