FIrst snake record form the Sarmiento Formation, Chubut, Argentina
Publicado por Leonardo Filippi en 15:01
Abstract.
The described indeterminate boid snake was collected in rocks belonging to
the Sarmiento
Formation and exposed at La Gran Hondonada (Chubut Province, Argentina). This
is the first snake record for the mid–late Eocene
Mustersan South American land-mammal age.
The specimen proves that medium- to large-sized boids inhabited the Patagonian
region during most of the Palaeogene, suggesting climatic conditions warmer
than those established at the beginning of the Neogene.
Albino, A., 2012. First snake record form the Sarmiento Formation at La Gran
Hondonada (Chubut Province, Argentina) Ameghiniana 49 (2): 230-235.
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