The braincases of mosasaurs and Varanus, and the relationships of snakes

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 489-514

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a   Zaher, Hussam ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mosasauroidea Serpentes; Phylogeny; Squamata

Indexed keywords

MOSASAUROIDEA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANUS;

EID: 0034348777     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00614.x     Document Type: Article

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