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Extinct family of snakes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simoliophiidae is an extinct family of limbed Tethyan marine snakes of the order Squamata.[1][2][3] The name Pachyophiidae has also been used for this group,[2][3] but Simoliophiidae has priority.
Simoliophiidae Temporal range: Cenomanian, | |
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Fossil of Eupodophis descouensi from the Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Infraorder: | Alethinophidia |
Family: | †Simoliophiidae Nopsca, 1925 |
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