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Newly discovered fossils provide novel insights on the biology of the South American Miocene snake Colombophis Hoffstetter & Rage, 1977
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Alfonso-Rojas, Andrés, Vanegas, Rubén D., Mariño-Morejón, Elizabeth, Cadena, Edwin-Alberto (2023): Newly discovered fossils provide novel insights on the biology of the South American Miocene snake Colombophis Hoffstetter & Rage, 1977. Geodiversitas 45 (13): 377-399, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a13
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