Publication details
Fossil snake assemblages from the French Middle Miocene localities at La Grive (France)
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Abstracts volume and excursions field guide, The 7-th European workshop of vertebrate palaeontology |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Zoology |
| Keywords | Boidae; Colubridae; Elapidae; Viperidae; evolution; France; Miocene; migrations |
| Description | Material from two classical fissures have recently been investigated - La Grive L7 and La Grive M. Both localities represent the unique European palaeoherpetological Middle Miocene (MN 7+8) sites. Localities show somewhat different fossilisation each other and also different snake diversity including Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae, Elapidae, and Viperidae. Snake assemblages at La Grive L7 and La Grive M show a rapid evolution of colubrid snakes in Europe as results from the comparison with some other Miocene ophidian localities in Europe (Sansan, MN 6, Devínska Nová Ves, MN 6, Gritsev, MN 9a, Kohfidisch, MN 11). |