Simoliophiidae

Simoliophiidae; Temporal range: Cenomanian, 99.6–93.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Eupodophis descouensi from the Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Alethinophidia
Family:	†Simoliophiidae; Nopsca, 1925
Genera
	Simoliophis Sauvage, 1880 (type); Eupodophis Rage et al., 2000; Haasiophis Tchernov et al., 2000; Mesophis Bolkay, 1925; Pachyophis Nopcsa, 1923; Pachyrhachis Haas, 1979;
Synonyms
	Pachyophidae Nopcsa, 1923; Pachyophiidae (Nopcsa, 1923); Pachyrhachidae Haas, 1979;

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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.

References

^ Hsiang, Allison Y; Field, Daniel J; Webster, Timothy H; Behlke, Adam DB; Davis, Matthew B; Racicot, Rachel A; Gauthier, Jacques A (20 May 2015). "The origin of snakes: revealing the ecology, behavior, and evolutionary history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil record". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15 (1): 87. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0358-5. PMC 4438441. PMID 25989795.
^ ^a ^b The Paleobiology Database Pachyophiidae entry
^ ^a ^b Lee, M. S. Y.; Caldwell, M. W.; Scanlon, J. D. (1999). "A second primitive marine snake: Pachyophis woodwardi from the Cretaceous of Bosnia-Herzegovina". Journal of Zoology, London. 248 (4): 509–520. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01050.x.

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[phylo2014-1] Hsiang, Allison Y; Field, Daniel J; Webster, Timothy H; Behlke, Adam DB; Davis, Matthew B; Racicot, Rachel A; Gauthier, Jacques A (20 May 2015). "The origin of snakes: revealing the ecology, behavior, and evolutionary history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil record". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15 (1): 87. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0358-5. PMC 4438441. PMID 25989795.

[TPBDBPachyophiidae-2] The Paleobiology Database Pachyophiidae entry

[Lee1999-3] Lee, M. S. Y.; Caldwell, M. W.; Scanlon, J. D. (1999). "A second primitive marine snake: Pachyophis woodwardi from the Cretaceous of Bosnia-Herzegovina". Journal of Zoology, London. 248 (4): 509–520. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01050.x.

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