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Naja romani (Hoffstetter, 1939) (Serpentes: Elapidae) from the late Miocene of the Northern Caucasus: the last East European large cobra

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  • 1. A.A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya str., 123, Moscow, 117647 (Russia) and Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb., 1, St. Petersburg, 199034 (Russia
  • 2. Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky per., 7, Moscow, 119017 (Russia)
  • 3. Southern Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chekhov str. 41, 344006 Rostov-on-Don (Russia)

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Syromyatnikova, Elena, Tesakov, Alexey, Titov, Vadim (2021): Naja romani (Hoffstetter, 1939) (Serpentes: Elapidae) from the late Miocene of the Northern Caucasus: the last East European large cobra. Geodiversitas 43 (19): 683-689, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a19

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