†Eupodophis Rage and Escuillié 2001 (snake)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Pachyophidae
Full reference: J.-C. Rage and F. Escuillié. 2001. Eupodophis, new name for the genus Podophis Rage and Escuillié, 2000, an extinct bipedal snake, preoccupied by Podophis Wiegmann, 1834 (Lacertilia, Scincidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 23:232-233
Parent taxon: Pachyophiidae according to J. A. Wilson et al. 2010
See also Apestiguía and Zaher 2006, Longrich et al. 2012, Palci et al. 2013, Rage and Escuillié 2003 and Rieppel and Head 2004
Sister taxon: Mesophis
Subtaxa: Eupodophis descouensi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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