After Rage & Werner, 1999, Scanlon & Lee, 2000, Wroe, 2002, and Scanlon, 2005b, 2006b
<==o †Madtsoiidae Hoffstetter, 1961 |?- †Rionegrophis madtsioioides |?- †Madtsoiidae genera et species indet. [Sudan] |?- †Madtsoiidae genera et species indet. [L.Cret. India] [Rage et al., 2004] |?- †Madtsoiidae genera et species indet. [Bolivia] |?- †Madtsoiidae genera et species indet. [Marocco] |?- †Madtsoiidae indet. cf. †Madtsoia sp. [Eocene, Australia] [Scanlon, 2005b, 2006b] |-- †Sanajeh indicus Wilson, Mohabey, Peters & Head, 2010; L.Cret. Ind. |--o †Madtsoia | |-- †M. sp. aff. M. madagascariensis [Niger] | |-- †M. madagascariensis | |-- †M. laurasiae | |-- †M. camposi Rage, 1998 | |-- †M. bai Simpson, 1933 | `-- †M. sp. cf. M. bai [Argentiina] |-- †Herensugae caristiorum Rage, 1996 |--o †Alamitophis Albino, 1986; L.Cret. SA., Eoc. Aust. | |-- †A. argentinus Albino, 1986 | |-- †A. elongatus Albino, 1994 | `-- †A. tingamarra Scanlon, 2005b [A. sp. cf. A. argentinus] |--o †Patagoniophis Albino, 1986; L.Cret. SA., Eoc. Aust. | |-- †P. parvus Albino, 1986 | `-- †P. australiensis Scanlon, 2005b [P. sp. cf. P. parvus] |-- †Gigantophis garstini `--+--o †Yurlunggur Scanlon, 1992; M.Mio. Aust. | |-- †Y. sp.1 [Australia] | |-- †Y. sp.2 [Australia] | |-- †Y. sp.3 [Australia] | `-- †Y. camfieldensis Scanlon, 1992 |--o †Nanowana Scanlon, 1997; L.Mio. Aust. | |-- †N. godthelpi Scanlon, 1997 | `-- †N. schrenki `--o †Wonambi Smith, 1976; U.Olig.-Pleist. Aust. |-- †W. naracoortensis Smith, 1976 [incl. †Wonambi sp. cf. W. naracoortensis1 and †Wonambi sp. cf. W. naracoortensis2] `-- †W. barriei Scanlon & Lee, 2000
Special thanks to:
Dr. John Scanlon, for generous donation of reprints, concerning his research on Australian madsoiid snakes.
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