Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Full reference: J.-C. Rage. 1983. Palaeophis colossaeus nov. sp. (le plus grand Seprent connu?) de l’Eocène du Mali et le problème du genre chez les Palaeopheinae. Comptes Rendus à l’ Académie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 2(296):1741-1744
Belongs to Palaeophis according to J. A. McCartney et al. 2018
See also Rage 1983 and Rage 1984
Sister taxa: Palaeophis africanus, Palaeophis casei, Palaeophis ferganicus, Palaeophis grandis, Palaeophis littoralis, Palaeophis longus, 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: MNHN.F.TGE 614, a set of vertebrae (mid-trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Butte de Tamaguilelt (MNHN collection), which is in a Ypresian marginal marine phosphorite in the Tamaguélelt Formation of Mali.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mali (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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