Full reference: M. W. Caldwell, R. L. Nydam, A. Palci and S. Apesteguía. 2015. The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution. Nature Communications 6(5996):1-11
Parent taxon: Serpentes according to M. W. Caldwell et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Alethinophidia, Botrophis, Cheilophis, Cholophidia, Coluber steinheimensis, Colubridae, Coniophis, Coniophis cosgriffi, Coniophis dabiebus, Coniophis precedens, Diablophis, Dinilysia, Dinilysiidae, Dipsadidae, Eophis, Goinophis, Hoffstetterella, Hoffstetterella brasiliensis, Hoplocephalus, Lunaophis, Madtsoiidae, Natricidae, Ophidion, Ophidioniscus, Ophidium, Palaeophiidae, Pseudonaja, Pythonoidea, Scolecophidia, Tomodon, Xiaophis
Subtaxa: Portugalophis lignites
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Guimarota (Jurassic of Portugal)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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