Fossil evidence for earliest Neogene American faunal interchange: Boa (Serpentes, Boinae) from the early Miocene of Panama

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1328-1334

  Head, Jason J ^a   Rincon, Aldo F ^b,c   Suarez, Catalina ^b   Montes, Camilo ^b   Jaramillo, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; SNAKE;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BOINAE; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868591319     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.694387     Document Type: Article

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