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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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Autores principales: Fachini, Thiago Schineider, Onary, Silvio, Palci, Alessandro, Lee, Michael S.Y., Bronzati, Mario, Hsiou, Annie Schmaltz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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