First report of snakes (Serpentes) from the late middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 246-250

  Head, Jason J ^a,b   Holroyd, Patricia A ^c   Hutchison, J Howard ^c   Ciochon, Russell L ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL; SNAKE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

SERPENTES;

EID: 15944386033     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0246:FROSSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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