To move or not to move? : skull and lower jaw morphology of the blindsnake Afrotyphlops punctatus (Leach, 1819) (Serpentes, Typhlopoidea, Typhlopidae) with comments on its previously advocated cranial kinesis

“Scolecophidians” are traditionally known for their several skull and lower jaw autapomorphies, being conspicuously different from alethinophidian snakes in terms of skull shape and function. Although typically known for the absence of any kinetic joint in the skull dermatocranium and neurocranium—m...

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Main Authors: Deolindo, Vitoria, Koch, Claudia, Joshi, Mitali, Martins, Angele dos Reis
Format: Artigo
Language: Inglês
Published: Wiley 2021
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Online Access: https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/40571
https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24598
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