Madtsoiidae
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
†Madtsoiidae
- 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, †Vasuki (extinct genera)
References
- Madtsoiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alethinophidia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Alethinophidia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Madtsoiidae at Paleobiology Database