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The limbed snake Najash rionegrina from the Cenomanian (early Late Cretaceous) of the La Buitrera Palaeontological Area (LBPA), northern Patagonia is a key taxon in any study of the origin and early evolution of snakes. The original concept of the taxon was based on the holotype and a number of referred specimens including an isolated partial skull; a conservative rebuttal argued this concept was too broad due to the lack of association between the holotype elements and the referred specimens. Here we describe a new snake specimen consisting of a partial skull and closely associated vertebrae from the La Buitrera Locality, one of many productive snake localities within the LBPA. The analysis of the vertebrae of the new specimen identifies distinct features shared with the vertebrae of the N. rionegrina holotype; the partial skull of the new specimen is also identical to the partial skull that formed part of the original concept of N. rionegrina. Phylogenetic analysis, using data from the type and referred specimens, and new materials described here, reconstructs N. rionegrina as a basal snake in a ‘madtsoiid’ clade outside of crown-group Serpentes. These new morphologies, and autapomorphies recognized in character analyses, permit the construction of a new and expanded diagnosis of N. rionegrina. © 2019, © 2019 The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:A new specimen with skull and vertebrae of Najash rionegrina (Lepidosauria: Ophidia) from the early Late Cretaceous of Patagonia
Autor:Garberoglio, F.F.; Gómez, R.O.; Apesteguía, S.; Caldwell, M.W.; Sánchez, M.L.; Veiga, G.
Filiación:CONICET, Área de Paleontología, Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, CEBBAD, Universidad Maimónides, Hidalgo 775 (1405), Buenos Aires, Argentina
CONICET, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental/Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, CEBBAD, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada
CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Enlace Ruta 8 y 36, Córdoba, 5800, Argentina
CONICET, Centro de investigaciones Geográficas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Diagonal 113 N 275, Buenos Aires, B1904DPK, Argentina
Palabras clave:Cretaceous; Gondwana; Ophidia; Patagonia; Serpentes
Año:2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1534288
Título revista:Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Título revista abreviado:J. Syst. Palaeontol.
ISSN:14772019
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_14772019_v_n_p_Garberoglio

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Garberoglio, F.F., Gómez, R.O., Apesteguía, S., Caldwell, M.W., Sánchez, M.L. & Veiga, G. (2019) . A new specimen with skull and vertebrae of Najash rionegrina (Lepidosauria: Ophidia) from the early Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1534288
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Garberoglio, F.F., Gómez, R.O., Apesteguía, S., Caldwell, M.W., Sánchez, M.L., Veiga, G. "A new specimen with skull and vertebrae of Najash rionegrina (Lepidosauria: Ophidia) from the early Late Cretaceous of Patagonia" . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (2019).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1534288
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Garberoglio, F.F., Gómez, R.O., Apesteguía, S., Caldwell, M.W., Sánchez, M.L., Veiga, G. "A new specimen with skull and vertebrae of Najash rionegrina (Lepidosauria: Ophidia) from the early Late Cretaceous of Patagonia" . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2019.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1534288
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Garberoglio, F.F., Gómez, R.O., Apesteguía, S., Caldwell, M.W., Sánchez, M.L., Veiga, G. A new specimen with skull and vertebrae of Najash rionegrina (Lepidosauria: Ophidia) from the early Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. J. Syst. Palaeontol. 2019.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1534288