The palaeoecology of the primitive snake pachyrhachis

Historical Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 127-152

  Scanlon, J D ^a   Lee, M S Y ^a,b   Caldwell, M W ^c   Shine, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Pachyrhachis; Paleoecology; Snakes; Squamates

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOECOLOGY; SNAKE;

PACHYRHACHIS;

EID: 0032841564     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912969909386578     Document Type: Article

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