Tuscahomaophis Holman and Case 1992 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata

Full reference: J. A. Holman and G. R. Case. 1992. A puzzling new snake (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the Late Paleocene of Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 61(3):197-205

Parent taxon: Alethinophidia according to J. A. Holman 2000

See also Holman and Case 1992

Sister taxa: Acrochordoidea, Afrotortrix, Aniliidae, Anilioidea, Caenophidia, Cerberophis, Colombophis, Colubroidea, Cylindrophiidae, Henophidia, Itaboraiophis, Macrostomata, Paulacoutophis, Simoliopheoidea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Tuscahoma Formation, Meridian (Paleocene of Mississippi)

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