Oldest Known Snake Fossils Identified

[Oxytropidoceras]

Oldest known snake fossils identified (UAlberta

researcher part of international team whose

discovery rolls back the clock on snake evolution

by nearly 70 million years.) byJulie Naylor

http://uofa.ualberta.ca/news-and-events/newsarticles/2015/january/oldest-known-snake-fossils-identified

The world's oldest known snake fossils: Rolling

back the clock by nearly 70 million years,

University of Alberta, January 27, 2015

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150127122446.htm

Oldest Known Snake Fossils Identified by Agata

Blaszczak-Boxe, Live Science , January 27, 2015

http://www.livescience.com/49582-oldest-snake-fossils-identified.html

Remarkable Fossils Push Back Snake Origins

by 65 Million Years, Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/remarkable-fossils-push-back-snake-origins-by-65-million-years/

Caldwell, M. W., R. L. Nydam, A. Palci, and S.

Apesteguía, 2015, The oldest known snakes from

the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide

insights on snake evolution. Nature Communications

Published online 27 January 2015

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150127/ncomms6996/full/ncomms6996.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Edited January 27, 2015 by Oxytropidoceras