Testing the phylogenetic relationships of the pleistocene snake wonambi naracoortensis smith

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 812-829

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a   Kluge, Arnold G ^b   Zaher, Hussam ^c  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SNAKE;

LOXOCEMUS; WONAMBI; XENOPELTIS;

EID: 33749671706     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0812:TTPROT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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