Palaeophiidae

Palaeophiidae Temporal range: Cretaceous - Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil vertebrae of Palaeophis maghrebianus from Khouribga (Morocco)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Alethinophidia
Family:	†Palaeophiidae Lydekker 1888

Palaeophiidae is an extinct family of marine snake belonging to the superfamily Alethinophidia.

Species within this genus lived from the Cretaceous period to the Eocene epoch, approximately from 99.7 to 33.9 million years ago.