Madtsoiidae

Translingual

Madtsoia bai, fossil

Etymology

From Madtsoia +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

†Madtsoiidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Squamata – extinct snakes of the early Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) to late Pleistocene in what is now South America, Africa, India, Australia and southern Europe.

Synonyms

• Madtsoiinae (obsolete, subfamily of Boidae)

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - suborder; Alethinophidia - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (family): Alamitophis, Gigantophis, Herensugea, Kelyophis, Madtsoia, Menarana, Nanowana, Nidophis, Patagoniophis, Rionegrophis, Sanajeh, Wonambi, Yurlunggur (extinct genera)

References

• Madtsoiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alethinophidia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Alethinophidia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Madtsoiidae at Paleobiology Database