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Palaeophiidae

Extinct family of snakes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Palaeophiidae
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Palaeophiidae is an extinct family of marine snake within the infraorder Alethinophidia.

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Species within this family lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Late Eocene, approximately from 70.6 to 33.9 million years ago.[1] Phylogenetic analysis has proposed them as being related to the extant file snakes (family Acrochordidae),[2] although these results have been disputed since[3] and new analysis show this relationship as poorly supported.[4] Fossil records provide evidence suggesting Paleophiidae are among the largest snakes to ever exist. [5]

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