A new bipedal snake from the Cenomanian (Cretaceous). Phylogenetic implications;Un nouveau serpent bipede du Cenomanien (Cretace). Implications phyletiques

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 330, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 513-520

  Rage, Jean Claude ^a   Escuillié, François ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Association Rhinopolis   (France)

Author keywords

Bipedal snake; Cretaceous; Middle East; Ophidia; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE;

PODOPHIS DESCOUENSI;

EID: 0034074935     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)00146-4     Document Type: Article

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