Acrochordus Hornstedt (Serpentes, Caenophidia) from the Miocene of Gujarat, western India: Temporal constraints on dispersal of a derived snake

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 720-723

  Head, Jason J ^a   Mohabey, Dhananjay M ^b   Wilson, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; MIOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SNAKE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ACROCHORDUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 34948887721     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[720:AHSCFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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