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The Earliest Colubroid-Dominated Snake Fauna from Africa: Perspectives from the Late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Southwestern Tanzania
The extant snake fauna has its roots in faunal upheaval occurring across the Paleogene - Neogene transition. On northern continents, this turnover is well established by the late early Miocene. However, this transition is poorly documented on southern landmasses, particularly on continental Africa,...
Autores principales: | McCartney, Jacob A., Stevens, Nancy J., O’Connor, Patrick M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3960104/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24646522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090415 |
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