A diverse snake fauna from the early Eocene of Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India

J.-C. Rage, A. Folie, R. S. Rana, H. Singh, K. D. Rose, and T. Smith

2008

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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(3):391-403

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Procerophis
• Procerophis sahnii
• Russellophiidae
• Russellophis crassus
• Thaumastophis
• Thaumastophis missiaeni

Taxonomy:

• Russellophiidae belongs to Colubroidea - Rage (1978)
• Russellophis belongs to Russellophiidae - Rage (1978)
• Russellophis crassus belongs to Russellophis - Rage et al. (2008)
• Procerophis sahnii belongs to Procerophis - Rage et al. (2008)
• Procerophis belongs to Colubroidea - Rage et al. (2008)
• Thaumastophis missiaeni belongs to Thaumastophis - Rage et al. (2008)
• Thaumastophis belongs to Caenophidia - Rage et al. (2008)