Macrostomatan snakes, one of the most diverse extant clades of squamates, display an impressive arsenal of cranial features to consume a vast array of preys. In the absence of indisputable fossil representatives of this clade with well-preserved skulls, the mode and timing of these extraordinary morphological novelties remain obscure. Here, we report the discovery of […]
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A New Snake Skull from the Paleocene of Bolivia Sheds Light on the Evolution of Macrostomatans
March 19th, 2013 Riffin