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On the phylogenetic relationships of the Cretaceous snakes with legs, with special reference to Pachyrhachis problematicus (Squamata, Serpentes)

Hussam Zaher Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brasil E-mail: [email protected]
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Olivier Rieppel The Field Museum of Natural History, Department of Geology, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60605-2496, USA
Pages 104-109 | Received 15 Jun 2000, Accepted 07 Mar 2001, Published online: 24 Aug 2010

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Sean M. Harrington & Tod W. Reeder. (2017) Phylogenetic inference and divergence dating of snakes using molecules, morphology and fossils: new insights into convergent evolution of feeding morphology and limb reduction. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 121:2, pages 379-394.
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Susan E. Evans. 2016. Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear. Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear 245 284 .
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HUSSAM ZAHER, SEBASTIÁN APESTEGUÍA & CARLOS AGUSTÍN SCANFERLA. (2009) The anatomy of the upper cretaceous snake Najash rionegrina Apesteguía & Zaher, 2006, and the evolution of limblessness in snakes . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156:4, pages 801-826.
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Jack L. Conrad. (2008) Phylogeny And Systematics Of Squamata (Reptilia) Based On Morphology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 310, pages 1-182.
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Desirée A. Douglas, Axel Janke & Ulfur Arnason. (2006) A mitogenomic study on the phylogenetic position of snakes. Zoologica Scripta 35:6, pages 545-558.
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Sebastián Apesteguía & Hussam Zaher. (2006) A Cretaceous terrestrial snake with robust hindlimbs and a sacrum. Nature 440:7087, pages 1037-1040.
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John J. Wiens, Matthew C. Brandley & Tod W. Reeder. (2006) WHY DOES A TRAIT EVOLVE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN A CLADE? REPEATED EVOLUTION OF SNAKELIKE BODY FORM IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Evolution 60:1, pages 123.
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John J. Wiens, Matthew C. Brandley & Tod W. Reeder. (2006) WHY DOES A TRAIT EVOLVE MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN A CLADE? REPEATED EVOLUTION OF SNAKELINE BODY FORM IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Evolution 60:1, pages 123-141.
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OLIVIER RIEPPEL, HUSSAM ZAHER, EITAN TCHERNOV & MICHAEL J. POLCYN. (2003) THE ANATOMY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF HAASIOPHIS TERRASANCTUS, A FOSSIL SNAKE WITH WELL-DEVELOPED HIND LIMBS FROM THE MID-CRETACEOUS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. Journal of Paleontology 77:3, pages 536-558.
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Olivier Rieppel, Hussam Zaher, Eitan Tchernov & Michael J. Polcyn. (2016) The anatomy and relationships of Haasiophis terrasanctus , a fossil snake by well-developed hind limbs from the Mid-Cretaceous of the Middle East . Journal of Paleontology 77:3, pages 536-558.
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Nicolas Vidal & S.Blair Hedges. (2002) Higher-level relationships of snakes inferred from four nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Comptes Rendus Biologies 325:9, pages 977-985.
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