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Cretaceous Blind Snake from Brazil Fills Major Gap in Snake Evolution
Blind snakes (Scolecophidia) are minute cryptic snakes that diverged at the base of the evolutionary radiation of modern snakes. They have a scant fossil record, which dates back to the Upper Paleocene-Lower Eocene (∼56 Ma); this late appearance conflicts with molecular evidence, which suggests a mu...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7718481/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33305189 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101834 |