Fossil Snakes of North America: Origin, Evolution, Distribution, Paleoecology
- ISBN-10
- 0253337216
- ISBN-13
- 9780253337214
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 357
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Author
- J. Alan Holman
Description
"This volume includes detailed accounts of the morphology and distribution of the fossil snakes of North America and also remarks on their evolutionary, zoogeographic, and paleoecological patterns. The heart of the book consists of detailed systematic accounts of the known fossil snakes of North America and their localities. Extinct fossil taxa are discussed and illustrated, and many are re-described on the basis of new information. The book provides illustrations of diagnostic vertebrae and criteria for the identification of presently living fossil snake taxa as well as descriptions of the modern characteristics and ranges of these species." "Color photographs in the 16-page insert present a catalog of representative living snake species." --Book Jacket.
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