An assemblage of giant aquatic snakes (Serpentes, Palaeophiidae) from the Eocene of Togo
Journal: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Year: 2021

Abstract We here describe a monospecific assemblage of giant aquatic snakes from the middle Eocene of Kpogamé, Togo. The material, consisting of large isolated vertebrae, is referred to Palaeophis africanus , an enigmatic palaeophiid species, which was so far otherwise known only from a limited number of vertebrae from the middle Eocene of Nigeria and Angola. Material from the late Eocene of the eastern USA that had been referred to the same species, is here instead considered too fragmentary fo