Simoliophiidae
Extinct family of snakes
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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 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Alethinophidia |
| Family: | †Simoliophiidae Nopsca, 1925 |
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