Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1849. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part I. 1-328
Belongs to Palaeophis according to R. Owen 1849
Sister taxa: Palaeophis africanus, Palaeophis casei, Palaeophis colossaeus, Palaeophis ferganicus, Palaeophis grandis, Palaeophis halidanus, Palaeophis littoralis, Palaeophis maghrebianus, Palaeophis nessovi, Palaeophis oweni, Palaeophis porcatus, Palaeophis tamdy, Palaeophis toliapicus, Palaeophis typhaeus, Palaeophis vastaniensis, Palaeophis virginianus, Paleophis virginianus, Nessovophis zhylga, Vialovophis zhylan
Type specimen: Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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