Re: Prehistoric legged snake fossil discovered,article link
- From: "Sandy" <rotsen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 21 Apr 2006 10:51:50 -0700
This snake with legs was a Cretaceous marine animal. The traces of hind
limbs are rudimentary. The article appeared in 2003 in "Notebooks on
Geology" of which I am an associate editor:
http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2003_A01_JCR-FE/index_uk.html
Evolution to the limbless state could have developed both on land and
in the sea, couldn't it?
If not, why not?
seeker wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060420/ap_on_sc/fossil_snake;_ylt=AjNtkmAXxZqyq_trCDlIaYUPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
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