| Waincophis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | †Waincophis Albino, 1987 |
Waincophis is a genus of prehistoric snake known from Paleocene and Eocene deposits of what is now Brazil and Argentina. Three species have been described.[1]
References
- ↑ Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014). Snakes of the World A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Taylor & Francis. p. 793. ISBN 9781482208474.
Fossil snakes | |
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| Genera with hindlimbs and a sacrum | |
| Simoliophiidae | |
| Madtsoiidae | |
| Dinilysiidae | |
| Boidae |
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| Pythonidae |
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| Palaeophiidae | |
| Viperidae | |
| Elapidae | |
| Psammophiidae | |
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