A mid-Cretaceous embryonic-to-neonate snake in amber from Myanmar

Author:

Xing Lida12ORCID,Caldwell Michael W.3ORCID,Chen Rui4,Nydam Randall L.5ORCID,Palci Alessandro67ORCID,Simões Tiago R.3,McKellar Ryan C.89,Lee Michael S. Y.67ORCID,Liu Ye410,Shi Hongliang11,Wang Kuan10,Bai Ming4

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.

2. School of the Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.

3. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9, Canada.

4. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.

5. Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA.

6. South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.

7. College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

8. Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 4W7, Canada.

9. Biology Department, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada.

10. Paleo-diary Museum of Natural History, Beijing 100097, China.

11. Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.

Abstract

The first known fossil baby snake (Late Cretaceous amber, Myanmar) shows that some ancient snakes lived in marginal marine forests.

Funder

National Geographic Society

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

National Science Fund of China

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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