Reptilia - Squamata - Palaeophiidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 65233

Full reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1958. Un serpent marin du genre Pterosphenus (Pt. Sheppardi nov. sp.) dans L’Éocène supérieur de L’Équateur (Amérique de Sud). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 6:45-50

Belongs to Pterosphenus according to D. Parmley and M. DeVore 2005

Sister taxa: Pterosphenus biswasi, Pterosphenus kutchensis, Pterosphenus muruntau, Pterosphenus schucherti, Pterosphenus schweinfurthi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ancon Pterosphenus sheppardi type locality, which is in an Eocene marine shale in the Seca Formation of Ecuador

Ecology: aquatic carnivore