A new Miocene fauna of snakes from eastern Siberia, Russia. Was the snake fauna largely homogenous in Eurasia during the Miocene?

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 383-390

  Rage, Jean Claude ^a   Danilov, Igor G ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boidae; Colubridae; Eastern Russia; Miocene; Palaeobiogeography; Snakes; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; LAKES;

MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SNAKE;

EURASIA; IRKUTSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; LAKE BAIKAL; OLKHON ISLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

BOIDAE; COLUBRIDAE; SERPENTES; VIPERA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 49749134305     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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