†family Archaeophidae Janensch 1906 (snake)
Reptilia - Squamata - Archaeophidae
Full reference: W. Janensch. 1906. Über Archaeophis proavus Mass., eine schlange aus dem Eocän des Monte Bolca [On Archaeophis proavus Mass., a snake from the Eocene of Monte Bolca]. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Oestreich-Ungarns und des Orients 19:1-33
Parent taxon: Booidea according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Kuhn 1946
Sister taxa: Anomalophidae, Boavus, Boidae, Conantophis, Dinilysiidae, Eoanilius, Eoconstrictor, Michauxophis, Rageryx, Ungaliophiidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Archaeophidae in the database