Palaeophis ferganicus Averianov 1997 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae

Full reference: A. O. Averianov. 1997. Paleogene sea snakes from the eastern part of Tethys. Russian Journal of Herpetology 4(2):128-142

Belongs to Palaeophis according to A. O. Averianov 1997

Sister taxa: Palaeophis africanus, Palaeophis casei, Palaeophis colossaeus, Palaeophis grandis, Palaeophis halidanus, Palaeophis littoralis, Palaeophis longus, Palaeophis maghrebianus, Palaeophis nessovi, Palaeophis oweni, Palaeophis porcatus, Palaeophis tamdy, Palaeophis toliapicus, Palaeophis typhaeus, Palaeophis vastaniensis, Palaeophis virginianus, Paleophis virginianus, Vialovophis zhylan, Nessovophis zhylga

Type specimen: Its type locality is Andarak 2, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Alai Beds Formation of Kyrgyzstan

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Kyrgyzstan (1 collection), Tajikistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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