Skull of the large non-macrostomatan snake Yurlunggur from the Australian Oligo-Miocene

John D. Scanlon ()
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John D. Scanlon: Riversleigh Fossil Centre, Outback at Isa

Nature, 2006, vol. 439, issue 7078, 839-842

Abstract: Bones of contention The early evolution of snakes is a controversial issue that will be stirred by the discovery of perhaps the best skull material so far recovered. The bones are attributed to the extinct snake Yurlunggur, hitherto known only from vertebrae. Yurlunggur is a member of the madtsoiids, a group of snakes that lived in Australia until the Pleistocene. The fossils support the view that madtsoiids are the most primitive known snakes, and they will be eagerly examined to establish the nature of their lizard forebears.

Date: 2006
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