Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction

Snakes are one of the most successful groups of living vertebrates, but the timing of their diversification is unclear. Combining molecular clocks, fossils, and biogeography, Klein et al. show that snakes experienced a diversification, and underwent dispersal, around the time of the end-Cretaceous m...

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Main Authors: Catherine G. Klein, Davide Pisani, Daniel J. Field, Rebecca Lakin, Matthew A. Wills, Nicholas R. Longrich
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/fa7a3ab1516f46739b7068acb353e413
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