Palaeophis maghrebianus Arambourg 1952 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae

Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1952. Les vertébrés fossiles des gisments de phosphates (Maroc- Algérie- Tunisie). Service Geologique du Maroc, Notes et Mémoires 92:1-372

Belongs to Palaeophis according to A. Houssaye et al. 2013

See also Arambourg 1952

Sister taxa: Palaeophis africanus, Palaeophis casei, Palaeophis colossaeus, Palaeophis ferganicus, Palaeophis grandis, Palaeophis halidanus, Palaeophis littoralis, Palaeophis longus, 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 APH 5, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Djemaïa, which is in a Ypresian shallow subtidal phosphorite in Morocco.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Morocco (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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