Rediscovery and description of the second specimen of the hind-limbed snake Pachyophis woodwardi Nopcsa, 1923 (Squamata, Ophidia) from the Cenomanian of Bosnia Herzegovina

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 276-279

  Houssaye, Alexandra ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA;

PACHYOPHIS WOODWARDI; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77949746534     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724630903416043     Document Type: Article

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