Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction

Klein CG, Pisani D, Field DJ, Lakin R, Wills MA, Longrich NR (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Nature Communications Nature Publishing Group: Nature Communications

Book Volume: 12

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25136-y

Abstract

Snakes are one of the most successful groups of living vertebrates, but the timing of their diversification is unclear. Combining molecular clocks, fossils, and biogeography, Klein et al. show that snakes experienced a diversification, and underwent dispersal, around the time of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.

Involved external institutions

University of Bath GB United Kingdom (GB) University of Bristol GB United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Klein, C.G., Pisani, D., Field, D.J., Lakin, R., Wills, M.A., & Longrich, N.R. (2021). Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25136-y

MLA:

Klein, Catherine G., et al. "Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction." Nature Communications 12.1 (2021).

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