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Snakes from Griesbeckerzell (Langhian, Early Badenian), North Alpine Foreland Basin (Germany), with comments on the evolution of snake faunas in Central Europe during the Miocene Climatic Optimum

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Ivanov, Martin, Böhme, Madelaine (2011): Snakes from Griesbeckerzell (Langhian, Early Badenian), North Alpine Foreland Basin (Germany), with comments on the evolution of snake faunas in Central Europe during the Miocene Climatic Optimum. Geodiversitas 33 (3): 411-449, DOI: 10.5252/g2011n3a2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2011n3a2

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