Nigerophiidae
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| Nigerophiidae Temporal range: | |
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| Life restoration of Nigerophis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Alethinophidia |
| Family: | †Nigerophiidae Rage, 1975 |
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Nigeropheidae | |
Nigerophiidae is an extinct family of marine snakes known from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleogene.[1] Species of this family were found throughout much of the former Tethys Ocean (mainland Africa, Madagascar, Europe, Central Asia and India). Their taxonomic identity is uncertain due to their fragmentary remains. The earliest nigerophiid is Nubianophis from the Campanian of Sudan.[2][3]