Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: G. Haas. 1979. On a new snakelike reptile from the lower Cenomanian of ein Jabrud, near Jerusalem. Bulletin du Muséum national d’Historie naturelle, Paris, Série 4 1:51-64

Parent taxon: Macrostomata according to O. Rieppel et al. 2003

See also Caldwell and Lee 1997, Lee et al. 1999, Lee and Scanlon 2002, Longrich et al. 2012 and Palci et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Amaru, Booidea, Kataria, Loxocemus, Podophis, Tropidophiidae, Xenopeltis

Subtaxa: Pachyrhachis problematicus

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at 'Ein Yabrud quarries (Cretaceous of Palestinian Territory)

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