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Extinct genus of snakes

Waincophis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Waincophis
Albino, 1987


Waincophis is a genus of prehistoric snake known from Paleocene and Eocene deposits of what is now Brazil and Argentina. Three species have been described.


References

  1. Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014). Snakes of the World A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Taylor & Francis. p. 793. ISBN 9781482208474.
Fossil snakes
Genera with hindlimbs and a sacrum
Simoliophiidae
Madtsoiidae
Dinilysiidae
Boidae
Pythonidae
Palaeophiidae
Viperidae
Elapidae
Psammophiidae
Taxon identifiers
Waincophis
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