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On the aquatic squamate Dolichosaurus longicollis Owen, 1850 (Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous), and the evolution of elongate necks in Squamates

Michael W. Caldwell Paleobiology, Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station ‘D’, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6P4; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Department of Biological Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9
Pages 720-735 | Received 27 Aug 1999, Accepted 07 Jun 2000, Published online: 24 Aug 2010

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