A primitive snake from the cretaceous of Utah

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 60, Issue , 1999, Pages 87-100

  Gardner, James D ^a   Cifelli, Richard L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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