The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution

M. W. Caldwell, R. L. Nydam, A. Palci, and S. Apesteguía

2015

Article

Nature Communications 6(5996):1-11

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6996

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Diablophis
• Eophis
• Eophis underwoodi
• Portugalophis
• Portugalophis lignites

Taxonomy:

• Ophidia belongs to Squamata - Caldwell et al. (2015)
• Diablophis belongs to Serpentes - Caldwell et al. (2015)
• Diablophis gilmorei belongs to Diablophis - Caldwell et al. (2015)
• Eophis underwoodi belongs to Eophis - Caldwell et al. (2015)
• Eophis belongs to Serpentes - Caldwell et al. (2015)
• Portugalophis belongs to Serpentes - Caldwell et al. (2015)
• Portugalophis lignites belongs to Portugalophis - Caldwell et al. (2015)
• Serpentes belongs to Ophidia - Caldwell et al. (2015)