Nanowana gen. nov., small madtsoiid snakes from the miocene of Riversleigh: Sympatric species with divergently specialised dentition

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 393-412

  Scanlon, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; MADTSOIID; MIOCENE; NANOWANA; REPTILE; SNAKE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031445596     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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