Haasiophis

Haasiophis

Taxobox
name = "Haasiophis"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Pachyophiidae
genus = "Haasiophis"
species = "H. terrasanctus"
binomial = "Haasiophis terrasanctus"

"Haasiophis" is an extinct genus snake with hind limbs. It one of three genera of Cenomanian snakes with hindlimbs.

ee also

Other known fossil snakes with legs:
*"Pachyrhachis"
*"Eupodophis"

External links

* [http://www.wildlifenews.co.uk/articles2000/march/march2500a.htm New Fossil Snake With Legs, Reported In Science Washington, D.C.]
* [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2003_A01_JCR-FE/index_uk.html The Cenomanian: stage of hindlimbed snakes]


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