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Emended diagnosis and phylogenetic relationships of the Upper Cretaceous fossil snake Najash rionegrina Apesteguía and Zaher, 2006

Alessandro Palci Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada
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Michael W. Caldwell Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada
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Adriana M. Albino CONICET–Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes, 3250, 7600, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Pages 131-140 | Received 02 Feb 2012, Accepted 06 Jul 2012, Published online: 08 Jan 2013

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