Snake phylogeny based on osteology, soft anatomy and ecology

MSY Lee, JD Scanlon - Biological Reviews, 2002‏ - cambridge.org
Relationships between the major lineages of snakes are assessed based on a phylogenetic
analysis of the most extensive phenotypic data set to date (212 osteological, 48 soft …

Early Eocene snakes from Kutch, Western India, with a review of the Palaeophiidae

JC Rage, S Bajpai, JGM Thewissen, BN Tiwari - Geodiversitas, 2003‏ - repository.ias.ac.in
The early Eocene of Panandhro Mine (northwestern India) has produced a rich snake fauna
largely dominated by palaeophiids. Three families are present: Palaeophiidae …

[HTML][HTML] Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia …

F Novas, F Agnolin, S Rozadilla… - Revista del Museo …, 2019‏ - SciELO Argentina
The first fossil remains of vertebrates, invertebrates, plants and palynomorphs of the
Chorrillo Formation (Austral Basin), about 30km to the SW of the town of El Calafate …

New skulls and skeletons of the Cretaceous legged snake Najash, and the evolution of the modern snake body plan

FF Garberoglio, S Apesteguía, TR Simões, A Palci… - Science …, 2019‏ - science.org
Snakes represent one of the most dramatic examples of the evolutionary versatility of the
vertebrate body plan, including body elongation, limb loss, and skull kinesis. However …

The Pleistocene serpent Wonambi and the early evolution of snakes

JD Scanlon, MSY Lee - Nature, 2000‏ - nature.com
The Madtsoiidae were medium sized to gigantic snakes with a fossil record extending from
the mid-Cretaceous to the Pleistocene, and spanning Europe, Africa, Madagascar, South …

Largest known madtsoiid snake from warm Eocene period of India suggests intercontinental Gondwana dispersal

D Datta, S Bajpai - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Here we report the discovery of fossils representing partial vertebral column of a giant
madtsoiid snake from an early Middle Eocene (Lutetian,~ 47 Ma) lignite-bearing succession …

[PDF][PDF] Mid-cretaceous (Cenomanian) snakes from Wadi Abu Hashim, Sudan: the earliest snake assemblage

JC Rage, C Werner - 1999‏ - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
Abstract The Cenomanian (mid-Cretaceous) beds at Wadi Abu Hashim (Sudan) have
yielded a snake assemblage that is very rich and diverse for its geological age. It is by far the …

Current status of species-level representation in faunas from selected fossil localities in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland

M Archer, DA Arena, M Bassarova… - Alcheringa: An …, 2006‏ - Taylor & Francis
Current lists of species-level representation in faunas from 80 Cenozoic fossil localities at
the Riversleigh World Heritage Area have been compiled by review of recorded occurrences …

The skull of the Upper Cretaceous snake Dinilysia patagonica Smith-Woodward, 1901, and its phylogenetic position revisited

H Zaher, CA Scanferla - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
The cranial anatomy of Dinilysia patagonica, a terrestrial snake from the Upper Cretaceous
of Argentina, is redescribed and illustrated, based on high-resolution X-ray computed …

Skull of the large non-macrostomatan snake Yurlunggur from the Australian Oligo-Miocene

JD Scanlon - Nature, 2006‏ - nature.com
Understanding the origin and early evolution of snakes from lizards depends on accurate
morphological knowledge of the skull in basal lineages, but fossil specimens of archaic …