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Haasiophis, consisting of the sole species Haasiophis terrasanctus, is an extinct genus of snakes with hind limbs. It is one of three genera of Cenomanian snakes known to have possessed hindlimbs.
Hace 6 días · The fossil snake species Haasiophis terrasanctus Tchernov, Rieppel, Zaher, Polcyn, and Jacobs, 2000, from the early Upper Cretaceous of the Middle East, is described and illustrated, following a review of the current debate on snake relationships and origins.
1 de abr. de 2006 · Pachyrhachis problematicus 3, Haasiophis terrasanctus 4 and Eupodophis descouensi 5, three marine fossil snakes from the Tethyan coasts of Northern Gondwana, were until now the only known snakes...
26 de ago. de 2009 · The presence of fully formed hindlimbs in the Tethyan marine limbed snakes Haasiophis, Pachyrhachis, and Eupodophis enforced the idea that they were the most primitive snakes known, and that they were perfect transitional taxa linking extant snakes to the marine mosasauroids (Caldwell & Lee, 1997).
17 de mar. de 2000 · As macrostomatan snakes, Haasiophis andPachyrhachis have no particular bearing on snake-mosasauroid relationships or snake origins. Instead, they represent the first unequivocal documentation of the incursion of macrostomatan snakes into the sea.
1 de may. de 2003 · The fossil snake species Haasiophis terrasanctus Tchernov, Rieppel, Zaher, Polcyn, and Jacobs, 2000, from the early Upper Cretaceous of the Middle East, is described and illustrated, following a review of the current debate on snake relationships and origins.
1 de may. de 2003 · The fossil snake species Haasiophis terrasanctus Tchernov, Rieppel, Zaher, Polcyn, and Jacobs, 2000, from the early Upper Cretaceous of the Middle East, is described and illustrated, following a...
