Palaeopheid snakes from the Late Eocene Hardie Mine local fauna of central Georgia

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 703-722

  Parmley, Dennis ^a   DeVore, Melanie ^a  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644583058     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0703:PSFTLE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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