Fingerprinting snakes: paleontological and paleoecological implications of zygantral growth rings in Serpentes

We introduce a new non-destructive source of skeletochronological data with applications to species identification, associating disarticulated remains, assessing minimum number of individuals (MNI), and collection management of fossil snakes, but with potential implications for all bony vertebrates,...

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Main Authors: Holger Petermann, Jacques A. Gauthier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4819.pdf