Lapparentophiidae Temporal range:
Early-
Late Cretaceous, ?
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MHNM.KK387, the holotype of Lapparentophis ragei | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | Ophidia |
Family: | †
Lapparentophiidae Hoffstetter, 1959 |
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Lapparentophiidae (meaning " Lapparent's snakes") are an extinct family of basal terrestrial ophidians known from Early- Late Cretaceous (? Albian- Cenomanian)-aged fossil remains discovered in Algeria, France, Morocco and Sudan. [1] Two genera are known: the type species, Lapparentophis [1] [2] and the poorly represented genus Pouitella. [3]
They were initially believed to have been snakes, but later studied have found Lapparentophiidae to fall under Ophidia, [1] the clade which Serpentes also belongs to.
Lapparentophiidae Temporal range:
Early-
Late Cretaceous, ?
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MHNM.KK387, the holotype of Lapparentophis ragei | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | Ophidia |
Family: | †
Lapparentophiidae Hoffstetter, 1959 |
Genera | |
|
Lapparentophiidae (meaning " Lapparent's snakes") are an extinct family of basal terrestrial ophidians known from Early- Late Cretaceous (? Albian- Cenomanian)-aged fossil remains discovered in Algeria, France, Morocco and Sudan. [1] Two genera are known: the type species, Lapparentophis [1] [2] and the poorly represented genus Pouitella. [3]
They were initially believed to have been snakes, but later studied have found Lapparentophiidae to fall under Ophidia, [1] the clade which Serpentes also belongs to.