SUPERORDER: SERPENTES LINNAEUS, 1759
= ORDER: SERPENTES LINNAEUS, 1759

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

ORDER: OPHIDIA BRONGNIART, 1800
= ORDER: ANGUISAURI COPE, 1890

Incertae sedis

Family: PACHYRHACIDAE emend Caldwell & Lee, 1997

Genus: Haaisophis TCHERNOV, RIEPPEL, ZAHER, POLCYN & JACOBS, 2000
H. terrasanctus TCHERNOV, RIEPPEL, ZAHER, POLCYN & JACOBS, 2000 (Type)

Genus: Mesophis BOLKAY, 1925
M. nopcsai BOLKAY, 1925 (Type)

Genus: Pachyophis NOPCSA, 1923
P. woodwardi NOPCSA, 1923 (Type)

Genus: Pachyrhachis HAAS, 1979
= Estesius WALLACH, 1984
= Ophiomorphus HAAS, 1980
P. problematicus HAAS, 1979 (Type)
= Ophiomorphus colberti HAAS, 1980
= Estesius colberti (HAAS, 1980) WALLACH, 1984

Genus: Podophis RAGE & ESCUILLIE, 2000
P. descouensi RAGE & ESCUILLIE, 2000 (Type)

Genus: Nova DAL SASSO & RENESTO, 1999

Family: CHOLOPHIDIA Nopcsa, 1923

Gen. Sp indet.

SUBORDER: ALETHINOPHIDIA NOPCSCA, 1923

Superfamily: SIMOLIOPHEOIDEA Nopcsa, 1925

Family: LAPPARENTOPHEIDAE Hoffstetter, 1968

Genus: Lapparentophis HOFFSTETTER, 1960
L. defrennei HOFFSTETTER, 1960 (Type)

Genus: Pouitella RAGE, 1988
P. pervetus RAGE, 1988 (Type)
P. sp

Gen. sp indet.

Family: SIMOLIOPHEIDAE Nopcsa, 1925

Genus: Simoliophis SAUVAGE, 1880
S. rochebrunei SAUVAGE, 1880 (Type)
= Simoliophis delgadoi SAUVAGE, 1898
S. libycus NESOV, ZHEGALLO & AVERIANOV, 1998
S. sp

Gen. sp indet.

Superfamily: ANILIODEA Fitzinger, 1826

Family: ANILIIDAE Fitzenger, 1826
= Family: ILYSIIDAE Fitzinger, 1826
= Family: CONIOPHEIDAE Hoffstetter, 1955
(pipe snakes and coral pipe snakes)

Genus: Coniophis MARSH, 1892
C. precedens MARSH, 1892 (Type)
C. cosgriffi ARMSTRONG-ZIEGLER, 1978
C. dabiebus RAGE & WERNER, 1999
C. sp

Gen. sp indet.

Superfamily: BOOIDEA Gray, 1825
(Boas and Pythons)

Family: DINILYSIIDAE Romer, 1956

Genus: Dinilysia WOODWARD, 1901
D. patagonica WOODWARD, 1901 (Type)

Gen. sp indet.

Family: BOOIDAE Gray, 1825

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

Subfamily: MADTSOINAE Hoffstetter, 1961
= Family: MADTSOIDAE Hoffstetter, 1961

Genus: Alamitophis ALBINO, 1987
A. argentinus ALBINO, 1987 (Type)
A. elongatus ALBINO, 1994

Genus: Herensugea RAGE, 1996
H. caristiorum RAGE, 1996 (Type)

Genus: Madtsoia SIMPSON, 1933
M. madagascariensis HOFFSTETTER, 1961 (Not type)
M. laurasiae RAGE, 1996

Genus: Patagoniophis ALBINO, 1986
P. parvus ALBINO, 1986 (Type)

Genus: Rionegrohis ALBINO, 1987
R. madtsoioides ALBINO, 1987 (Type)

Genus: Nova GAYET, MARSHALL, SEMPERE, MEUNIER, CAPPETTA & RAGE, 2001

Gen. sp indet.

Family:? BOIDAE OR MADTSOIIDAE

Gen. sp indet.

Superfamily: ACROCHORDOIDEA Bonaparte, 1838
(Wart or File snakes)

Family: ?NIGEROPHEIDAE Rage, 1975

Genus: Indophis RAGE & PRASAD, 1992
I. sahnii RAGE & PRASAD, 1992 (Type)

Genus: Nubianophis RAGE & WERNER, 1999
N. afaahus RAGE & WERNER, 1999 (Type)

Gen. sp indet.

Family: PALAEOPHIDAE Lydekker, 1888

Genus: Palaeophis
P. sp RAGE & WOOTERS, 1979

Gen. sp indet.

Superfamily: COLUBROIDEA Oppel, 1811

Family: RUSSELLOPHEIDAE Rage, 1978

Genus: Krebsophis RAGE & WERNER, 1999
K. thobanus RAGE & WERNER, 1999 (Type)

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

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A

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B

Bokay, St. J., Dr, 1925, Mesophis nopcsai n. g. n. sp., ein neues, schlangenahnliches Reptil aus der unteren Kreide (Neocom) von Bilek-Selista (ost-Hercegovina): Glasnik Zemaljskog Muzeja und Bosni i Hercegovini, Sarajevo, v. 37, p. 125-136.

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M

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N

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R

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S

Sauvage, H. E., 1880, Sur l’existence d’un Reptile du type ophidien dans les couches a Ostrea columba des Charentes: Compte rendu hebdomadaire des seances de l’Academie des Sciences Paris, v. 91, p. 671-672.

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T

Tchernov, E., Rieppel O., Zaher H., Polcyn M. J., and Jacobs L. L., 2000, A fossil snake with limbs: Science, v. 287, p. 2010-2012.

W

Wallach, V., 1984, A new name for Ophiomorphus colberti Haas, 1980: Journal of Herpetology, v. 18, p. 329.

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Z

Zaher, H., 1998, The phylogenetic position of Pachyrhachis within snakes (Squamata, Lepidosauria): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 18, n. 1, p. 1-3.

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