An enigmatic aquatic snake from the Cenomanian of Northern South America
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An enigmatic aquatic snake from the Cenomanian of Northern South America
We report the first record of a snake from the Cretaceous of northern South America. The remains come from the La Luna Formation (La Aguada Member, Cenomanian of Venezuela) and consist of several vertebrae, which belong to the precloacal region of the vertebral column. Comparisons to extant and extinct snakes show that the remains represent a new taxon, Lunaophis aquaticus gen. et sp nov. An aq...
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عنوان ژورنال: PeerJ
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2027