Advanced search
Publication Cover
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Volume 30, 2010 - Issue 1
Submit an article Journal homepage
2,408
Views
47
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
ARTICLES

A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) snake assemblage from the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar

Thomas C. Laduke Department of Biological Sciences, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 18301, U.S.A.
,
David W. Krause Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794-8081, U.S.A.
,
John D. Scanlon School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, UNSW, Sydney, 2052; Riversleigh Fossil Centre, Outback, Isa, Mount Isa Queensland, 4825, Australia
&
Nathan J. Kley Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794-8081, U.S.A.
Pages 109-138 | Received 05 Jan 2009, Accepted 15 Apr 2009, Published online: 28 Jan 2010

Citations (47)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (14)

Jorgo Ristevski, Paul M. A. Willis, Adam M. Yates, Matt A. White, Lachlan J. Hart, Michael D. Stein, Gilbert J. Price & Steven W. Salisbury. (2023) Migrations, diversifications and extinctions: the evolutionary history of crocodyliforms in Australasia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 47:4, pages 370-415.
Read now
Fernando F. Garberoglio, Laura N. Triviño & Adriana Albino. (2022) A new madtsoiid snake from the Paleogene of South America (northwestern Argentina), based on an articulated postcranial skeleton. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42:2.
Read now
Wasim Abass Wazir, Ramesh Kumar Sehgal, Andrej Čerňanský, Rajeev Patnaik, Navin Kumar, Abhishek Pratap Singh, Piyush Uniyal & Ningthoujam Premjit Singh. (2021) A find from the Ladakh Himalaya reveals a survival of madtsoiid snakes (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) in India through the late Oligocene. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41:6.
Read now
Fernando F. Garberoglio, Raúl O. Gómez, Sebastián Apesteguía, Michael W. Caldwell, María L. Sánchez & Gonzalo Veiga. (2019) A new specimen with skull and vertebrae of Najash rionegrina (Lepidosauria: Ophidia) from the early Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17:18, pages 1533-1550.
Read now
Jonathan P. Rio & Philip D. Mannion. (2017) The osteology of the giant snake Gigantophis garstini from the upper Eocene of North Africa and its bearing on the phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Madtsoiidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37:4.
Read now
Márton Venczel & Vlad A. Codrea. (2016) A new teiid lizard from the Late Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania and its phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical relationships. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:3, pages 219-237.
Read now
Jacob A. Mccartney & Erik R. Seiffert. (2016) A late Eocene snake fauna from the Fayum Depression, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36:1.
Read now
Adam C. Pritchard, Jacob A. McCartney, David W. Krause & Nathan J. Kley. (2014) New snakes from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34:5, pages 1080-1093.
Read now
Adriana María Albino & Santiago Brizuela. (2014) First record of squamate reptiles from the Oligocene of South America. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 38:3, pages 412-421.
Read now
Alessandro Palci, Michael W. Caldwell & John D. Scanlon. (2014) First report of a pelvic girdle in the fossil snake Wonambi naracoortensis Smith, 1976, and a revised diagnosis for the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34:4, pages 965-969.
Read now
GuntupalliV. R. Prasad, Omkar Verma, JohnJ. Flynn & Anjali Goswami. (2013) A new Late Cretaceous vertebrate fauna from the Cauvery Basin, South India: implications for Gondwanan paleobiogeography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33:6, pages 1260-1268.
Read now
Ştefan Vasile, Zoltán Csiki-Sava & Márton Venczel. (2013) A new madtsoiid snake from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, western Romania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33:5, pages 1100-1119.
Read now
DhananjayM. Mohabey, JasonJ. Head & JeffreyA. Wilson. (2011) A new species of the snake Madtsoia from the Upper Cretaceous of India and its paleobiogeographic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:3, pages 588-595.
Read now
NathanJ. Kley, JosephJ. W. Sertich, AlanH. Turner, DavidW. Krause, PatrickM. O'Connor & JustinA. Georgi. (2010) Craniofacial morphology of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30:sup1, pages 13-98.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (33)

Krister T. Smith & Georgios L. Georgalis. 2022. The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes. The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes 55 84 .
Jason J. Head, Alexandra F. C. Howard & Johannes Müller. 2022. The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes. The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes 26 54 .
. 2022. The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes. The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes 5 110 .
Ornella C. Bertrand, Sarah L. Shelley, Thomas E. WilliamsonJohn R. Wible, Stephen G. B. Chester, John J. Flynn, Luke T. Holbrook, Tyler R. Lyson, Jin Meng, Ian M. Miller, Hans P. Püschel, Thierry Smith, Michelle SpauldingZ. Jack Tseng & Stephen L. Brusatte. (2022) Brawn before brains in placental mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction. Science 376:6588, pages 80-85.
Crossref
Enric Torres-Roig, Kieren J Mitchell, Josep Antoni Alcover, Fernando Martínez-Freiría, Salvador Bailón, Holly Heiniger, Matthew Williams, Alan Cooper, Joan Pons & Pere Bover. (2021) Origin, extinction and ancient DNA of a new fossil insular viper: molecular clues of overseas immigration. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192:1, pages 144-168.
Crossref
Thiago Schineider Fachini, Silvio Onary, Alessandro Palci, Michael S.Y. Lee, Mario Bronzati & Annie Schmaltz Hsiou. (2020) Cretaceous Blind Snake from Brazil Fills Major Gap in Snake Evolution. iScience 23:12, pages 101834.
Crossref
France de Lapparent de Broin, Laurent ChirioRoger Bour. (2020) The oldest erymnochelyine turtle skull, Ragechelus sahelica n. gen., n. sp., from the Iullemmeden basin, Upper Cretaceous of Africa, and the associated fauna in its geographical and geological context. Geodiversitas 42:25.
Crossref
Jean-Claude Rage, Guntupalli V. R. Prasad, Omkar Verma, Ashu Khosla & Varun Parmar. 2020. Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics. Biological Consequences of Plate Tectonics 99 121 .
Fernando F. Garberoglio, Sebastián Apesteguía, Tiago R. Simões, Alessandro Palci, Raúl O. Gómez, Randall L. Nydam, Hans C. E. LarssonMichael S. Y. Lee & Michael W. Caldwell. (2019) New skulls and skeletons of the Cretaceous legged snake Najash , and the evolution of the modern snake body plan . Science Advances 5:11.
Crossref
Frank T Burbrink, Sara Ruane, Arianna Kuhn, Nirhy Rabibisoa, Bernard Randriamahatantsoa, Achille P Raselimanana, Mamy S M Andrianarimalala, John E Cadle, Alan R Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Ronald A Nussbaum, Leonard N Jones, Richard Pearson & Christopher J Raxworthy. (2019) The Origins and Diversification of the Exceptionally Rich Gemsnakes (Colubroidea: Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae) in Madagascar. Systematic Biology 68:6, pages 918-936.
Crossref
Raúl O. Gómez, Fernando F. Garberoglio & Guillermo W. Rougier. (2019) A new Late Cretaceous snake from Patagonia: Phylogeny and trends in body size evolution of madtsoiid snakes. Comptes Rendus Palevol 18:7, pages 771-781.
Crossref
Romain Vullo. (2019) A new species of Lapparentophis from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds, Morocco, with remarks on the distribution of lapparentophiid snakes. Comptes Rendus Palevol 18:7, pages 765-770.
Crossref
Maureen A. O'leary, Mamadou L. Bouaré, Kerin M. Claeson, Kelly Heilbronn, Robert V. Hill, Jacob Mccartney, Jocelyn A. Sessa, Famory Sissoko, Leif Tapanila, Elisabeth Wheeler & Eric M. Roberts. (2019) Stratigraphy and Paleobiology of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Paleogene Sediments from the Trans-Saharan Seaway in Mali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2019:436, pages 1.
Crossref
Fernando F. Garberoglio, Raúl O. Gómez, Tiago R. Simões, Michael W. Caldwell & Sebastián Apesteguía. (2019) The evolution of the axial skeleton intercentrum system in snakes revealed by new data from the Cretaceous snakes Dinilysia and Najash. Scientific Reports 9:1.
Crossref
Lida Xing, Michael W. Caldwell, Rui ChenRandall L. Nydam, Alessandro Palci, Tiago R. SimõesRyan C. McKellarMichael S. Y. Lee, Ye LiuHongliang ShiKuan WangMing Bai. (2018) A mid-Cretaceous embryonic-to-neonate snake in amber from Myanmar. Science Advances 4:7.
Crossref
Alessandro Palci, Mark N. Hutchinson, Michael W. Caldwell, John D. Scanlon & Michael S. Y. Lee. (2018) Palaeoecological inferences for the fossil Australian snakes Yurlunggur and Wonambi (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) . Royal Society Open Science 5:3, pages 172012.
Crossref
Michael D. Gottfried, Karen E. Samonds, Summer A. Ostrowski, Tsiory Harimalala Andrianavalona & Tolotra Niaina Ramihangihajason. (2017) New evidence indicates the presence of barracuda (Sphyraenidae) and supports a tropical marine environment in the Miocene of Madagascar. PLOS ONE 12:5, pages e0176553.
Crossref
Catherine G. Klein, Nicholas R. Longrich, Nizar Ibrahim, Samir Zouhri & David M. Martill. (2017) A new basal snake from the mid-Cretaceous of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 72, pages 134-141.
Crossref
Thierry Smith, Kishor Kumar, Rajendra S. Rana, Annelise Folie, Floréal Solé, Corentin Noiret, Thomas Steeman, Ashok Sahni & Kenneth D. Rose. (2016) New early Eocene vertebrate assemblage from western India reveals a mixed fauna of European and Gondwana affinities. Geoscience Frontiers 7:6, pages 969-1001.
Crossref
José-Carmelo Corral, Emilio L. Pueyo, Ana Berreteaga, Adriana Rodríguez-Pintó, Elisa Sánchez & Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola. (2016) Magnetostratigraphy and lithostratigraphy of the Laño vertebrate-site: Implications in the uppermost Cretaceous chronostratigraphy of the Basque-Cantabrian Region. Cretaceous Research 57, pages 473-489.
Crossref
Márton Venczel, Ştefan Vasile & Zoltán Csiki-Sava. (2015) A Late Cretaceous madtsoiid snake from Romania associated with a megaloolithid egg nest – Paleoecological inferences. Cretaceous Research 55, pages 152-163.
Crossref
Michael W. Caldwell, Randall L. Nydam, Alessandro Palci & Sebastián Apesteguía. (2015) The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution. Nature Communications 6:1.
Crossref
Zoltan Csiki-Sava, Eric Buffetaut, Attila Ősi, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola & Stephen L. Brusatte. (2015) Island life in the Cretaceous - faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago. ZooKeys 469, pages 1-161.
Crossref
N. Bardet, J. Falconnet, V. Fischer, A. Houssaye, S. Jouve, X. Pereda Suberbiola, A. Pérez-García, J.-C. Rage & P. Vincent. (2014) Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates. Gondwana Research 26:3-4, pages 869-887.
Crossref
Jean-Claude Rage, Grégoire Métais, Annachiara Bartolini, Imdad A. Brohi, Rafiq A. Lashari, Laurent Marivaux, Didier Merle & Sarfraz H. Solangi. (2014) First report of the giant snake Gigantophis (Madtsoiidae) from the Paleocene of Pakistan: Paleobiogeographic implications. Geobios 47:3, pages 147-153.
Crossref
Agustín Scanferla & Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar. (2014) Postnatal Development of the Skull of Dinilysia patagonica (Squamata-Stem Serpentes) . The Anatomical Record 297:3, pages 560-573.
Crossref
Adriana María Albino & Santiago Brizuela. (2014) An Overview of the South American Fossil Squamates. The Anatomical Record 297:3, pages 349-368.
Crossref
Susan E. Evans, Joseph R. Groenke, Marc E. H. Jones, Alan H. Turner & David W. Krause. (2014) New Material of Beelzebufo, a Hyperossified Frog (Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. PLoS ONE 9:1, pages e87236.
Crossref
Peter WilfN. Rubén CúneoIgnacio H. EscapaDiego PolMichael O. Woodburne. (2013) Splendid and Seldom Isolated: The Paleobiogeography of Patagonia. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 41:1, pages 561-603.
Crossref
Karen E. Samonds, Laurie R. Godfrey, Jason R. Ali, Steven M. Goodman, Miguel Vences, Michael R. Sutherland, Mitchell T. Irwin & David W. Krause. (2013) Imperfect Isolation: Factors and Filters Shaping Madagascar’s Extant Vertebrate Fauna. PLoS ONE 8:4, pages e62086.
Crossref
Jason R. Ali & David W. Krause. (2011) Late Cretaceous bioconnections between Indo-Madagascar and Antarctica: refutation of the Gunnerus Ridge causeway hypothesis. Journal of Biogeography 38:10, pages 1855-1872.
Crossref
Raúl O. Gómez. (2011) A Snake Dentary from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Herpetology 45:2, pages 230-233.
Crossref
ADRIANA M. ALBINO. (2011) Evolution of Squamata Reptiles in Patagonia based on the fossil record. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103:2, pages 441-457.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.