An anilioid snake from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Patagonia

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 481-488

  Gómez, Raúl O ^a   Báez, Ana M ^a   Rougier, Guillermo W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anilioidea; Australophis; Cretaceous; Patagonia; Serpentes

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; SNAKE;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANILIUS; CYLINDROPHIS; SERPENTES; UROPELTIDAE;

EID: 44649173791     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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