Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae
Alternative combination: Moeriophis schweinfurthi
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1901. Preliminary Note on some recently discovered extinct vertebrates from Egypt. Geological Magazine 8(4):436-444
Belongs to Pterosphenus according to D. Parmley and M. DeVore 2005
See also Andrews 1906, Antunes 1964, Hoffstetter 1958 and McCartney and Seiffert 2016
Sister taxa: Pterosphenus biswasi, Pterosphenus kutchensis, Pterosphenus muruntau, Pterosphenus schucherti, Pterosphenus sheppardi
Type specimen: CGM 10194, a set of vertebrae
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Angola (1 collection), Egypt (2), Libya (1), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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