Squamate phylogeny and the relationships of snakes and mosasauroids

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-147

  Caldwell, Michael W ^a,b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coniasaurs; Mosasauroids; Phylogeny; Snakes; Squamates

Indexed keywords

ALETHINOPHIDIA; AMPHISBAENIA; ANGUIMORPHA; DIBAMIDAE; EUBLEPHARIDAE; MOSASAUROIDEA; SCINCOMORPHA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0033249070     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00587.x     Document Type: Article

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