A second primitive marine snake: Pachyophis woodwardi from the Cretaceous of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-520

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cladistic analysis; Cretaceous; Fossil snakes; Pachyophis woodwardi

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; SNAKE;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA;

LEPIDOSAURIA; PACHYOPHIS WOODWARDI; PACHYRHACHIS;

EID: 0033179879     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999008109     Document Type: Article

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