First fossil record of Vipera Laurenti 1768 "Oriental vipers complex" (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Early Pliocene of the western Mediterranean islands;Première mention fossile de Vipera Laurenti 1768 «complexe des vipères orientales» (Serpentes: Viperidae) dans le Pliocène inférieur des îles de l'Ouest méditerranthom

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 147-154

  Bailon, S ^a   Bover, Pere ^b,d   Quintana, Josep ^c   Alcover, Josep Antoni ^b,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c Cr Gustau Mas 79 1er ^*  (Spain)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Early Pliocene; First record; Mallorca; Oriental vipers complex; Vipera

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CAVE DEPOSIT; COEVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; KARST; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAKE; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

SERPENTES; VIPERA; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 77955305685     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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