A four-legged snake from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana

Science

Volumn 349, Issue 6246, 2015, Pages 416-419

  Martill, David M ^a   Tischlinger, Helmut ^b   Longrich, Nicholas R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Biology and Biochemistry Milner Centre for Evolution University of Bath ^*  (Germany)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BURROWING ORGANISM; CARNIVORY; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GONDWANA; LOCOMOTION; PREY CAPTURE; SNAKE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FOUR LEGGED SNAKE; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; TETRAPODOPHIS AMPLECTUS; AFRICA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; INDIA; LIMB; LIZARD; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPINE; TOOTH;

BRAZIL;

DIPLOGLOSSUS PLEEI; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAZIL; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; EXTREMITIES; FOSSILS; INDIA; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SNAKES; SOUTH AMERICA; SPINE; TOOTH;

EID: 84938086860     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa9208     Document Type: Article

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