Palæos:		Unit 260: Pythonomorpha
The Vertebrates		References

Pythonomorpha: References

Scleroglossa
|
Pythonomorpha
|--Mosasauroidea
`--Serpentes
   |--Scolecophidia
   `--Alethinophidia
      |--Aniloidea
      `--Macrostomata
         |--Boidae
         `--Caenophidia
            |--Acrochordoidea
            `--Colubroidea
               |--Colubridae
               `--Viperidae

References

Albino, AM (2000), New record of snakes from the Cretaceous of Patagonia (Argentina). Geodiversitas 22: 247-253. Madtsoiidae

Bailon, S (1988), Un aniliidé (Reptilia, Serpentes) dans le Pliocène Supérieur Européen. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris (Ser. II) 306: 1255-1258. Aniliidae.

Caldwell, MW (1999), Squamate phylogeny and the relationships of snakes and mosasauroids. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 125: 115-147. Pythonomorpha; Serpentes.

Caldwell, MW (2000), On the phylogenetic relationships of Pachyrachis within snakes: a response to Zaher (1998). J. Vert. Paleontol. 20: 187-190. Serpentes

Caldwell, MW & AM Albino (2001), Paleoenvironment and paleoecology of three Cretaceous snakes: Pachyophis, Pachyrachis, and Dinilysia. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 46: 203-218. Dinilysia; Madtsoiidae; Pachyophiidae.

Caldwell, MW, RL Carroll, & H Kaisar (1995), The pectoral girdle and forelimb of Carsosaurus marchesetti (Aigialosauridae), with preliminary phylogenetic analysis of mosasauroids and varanoids. J. Vert. Paleontol. 15: 516-531. Pythonomorpha.

Caldwell, MW & MSY Lee (1997), A snake with legs from the marine Cretaceous of the Middle East. Nature 386: 705-709. Serpentes; Pachyophiidae.

Cundall, D & DA Rossman (1993), Cephalic anatomy of the rare Indonesian snake Anomochilus weberi. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 109: 235-273. Anomochilidae; Cylindrophiidae; Scolecophidia; Uropeltidae.

Cundall, D, V Wallach & DA Rossman (1993), The systematic relationships of the snake genus Anomochilus. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 109: 275-299. Aniliidae; Anomochilidae; Cylindrophiidae; Scolecophidia; Serpentes, Uropeltidae.

deBraga, M & O Rieppel (1997) Reptile phylogeny and the interrelationships of turtles, Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 120: 281-354. Pythonomorpha.

Estes, RD, TH Frazzetta, & EE Williams (1970), Studies on the fossil snake Dinilysia patagonica Woodward: part I. Cranial morphology. Bul. Mus. Comp. Zool. 140: 25-73. Scolecophidia.

Greene, HW (1997), Snakes: the Evolution of Mystery in Nature. U. Calif. Press, 351 pp. Scolecophidia.

Hecht, MK (1959), Amphibians and reptiles, in PO McGrew (ed.), The geology and paleontology of the Elk Mountain and Tabernacle Butte area, Wyoming. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 117: 130-146. Aniliidae; Cylindrophiidae; Serpentes.

Holman, JA (2000), Fossil Snakes of North America: Origin, Evolution, Distribution, Paleoecology. Indiana Univ. Press, 359 pp. Alethinophidia; Aniliidae

Lee, MSY (1997), Pareiasaur phylogeny and the origin of turtles. Zool. J. Linnean Soc., 120: 197-280. Pythonomorpha.

Lee, MSY (1997a), The phylogeny of varanoid lizards and the affinities of snakes. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 352: 53-91. Pythonomorpha; Serpentes.

Lee, MSY, GL Bell Jr. & MW Caldwell (1999a), The origin of snake feeding. Nature 400: 655-659. Cylindrophiidae, Mosasauroidea, Pythonomorpha.

Lee, MSY, MW Caldwell & JD Scanlon (1999), A second primitive marine snake: Pachyophis woodwardi from the Cretaceous of Bosnia-Herzegovina. J. Zool. London 248: 509-520. Serpentes, Pachyophiidae.

Scanlon, JD & MSY Lee (2000), The Pleistocene serpent Wonambi and the early evolution of snakes. Nature 403: 416-420. Aniliidae, Madtsoiidae, Serpentes.

Szyndlar, Z (1994), Oligocene snakes of southern Germany. J. Vert. Paleontol. 14: 24-37. Aniliidae

Tchernov, E, O Rieppel, H Zaher, MJ Polcyn & LL Jacobs (2000), A fossil snake with limbs. Science 287: 2010-2012. Aniliidae, Anomalepididae, Alethinophidia, Dinilysia, Leptotyphlopidae, Macrostomata, Pachyophiidae; Scolecophidia; Serpentes, Typhlopidae.

Zaher, H (1998), The phylogenetic position of Pachyrachis within snakes (Squamata, Lepidosauria). J. Vert. Paleontol. 18: 1-3. Macrostomata, Pachyophiidae, Serpentes.

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