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Palaeophiidae
Palaeophiidae
is an
extinct
family of
marine snake
within the
infraorder
Alethinophidia
.
Species
within this family
lived
from the
Late Cretaceous
to the
Late Eocene
,
approximately
from
70
.6 to
33
.9
million years ago
.
Subfamilies
and
genera
Archaeophiinae
Rage
et al
. 2003
*
Archaeophis
Massalongo
1859
Palaeopheinae
Lydekker
,
1888
*
Palaeophis
Owen
1841
*
Pterosphenus
Lucas
1898