A transitional snake from the Late Cretaceous period of North America

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Nicholas R. Longrich
Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar
Jacques A. Gauthier
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[1] Yale University,Department of Geology and Geophysics
[2] PO Box 208109,Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
[3] New Haven,undefined
[4] Connecticut 06520-8109,undefined
[5] USA,undefined
[6] Biological Laboratories,undefined
[7] 16 Divinity Avenue,undefined
[8] Harvard University,undefined
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Nature | 2012年 / 488卷
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Previously undescribed material from the maxilla, dentary and spine of the Cretaceous Coniophis precedens shows that it is the most primitive known snake.
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