Russellophis Rage, 1975

Rage, Jean-Claude, Folie, Annelise, Rana, Rajendra S., Singh, Hukam, Rose, Kenneth D. & Smith, Thierry, 2008, A diverse snake fauna from the early Eocene of Vastan Lignite Mine, Gujarat, India, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53 (3), pp. 391-403 : 394

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scientific name	Russellophis Rage, 1975
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Genus Russellophis Rage, 1975

Type species: Russellophis tenuis Rage, 1975 ; Ypresian , early Eocene, western Europe .

Remarks.—Aside from the species from Vastan (assuming the latter actually belongs to Russellophis ), the genus was previously known only by the type species and by indeterminate forms. The type species is restricted to the standard levels MP 8+9 and MP 10 (Ypresian, early Eocene) of western Europe. Russellophis sp. was reported from the earliest Eocene ( MP 7) to the late Eocene ( MP 19) ( Rage and Augé 1993).

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Eocene of western Europe and likely India.