The Systematics Association Special Volume Series - Series page

pp ii-ii

The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Contributors

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

1 - Introduction

pp 1-4

Part I - The Squamate and Snake Fossil Record

pp 5-110

2 - The Origin and Early Diversification of Squamates

pp 7-25

3 - The First 80 Million Years of Snake Evolution

pp 26-54

4 - The Diversity and Distribution of Palaeogene Snakes

pp 55-84

5 - Miocene Snakes of Eurasia

pp 85-110

Part II - Palaeontology and the Marine-Origin Hypothesis

pp 111-206

6 - Sea-Serpentism

pp 113-124

7 - Reassessing the Morphological Foundations of the Pythonomorph Hypothesis

pp 125-156

8 - A Review of Non-Mosasaurid (Dolichosaur and Aigialosaur) Mosasaurians and Their Relationships to Snakes

pp 157-179

9 - A Review of the Skull Anatomy and Phylogenetic Affinities of Marine Pachyophiid Snakes

pp 180-206

Part III - Genomic Perspectives

pp 207-268

10 - Using Comparative Genomics to Resolve the Origin and Early Evolution of Snakes

pp 209-234

11 - The Evolution of Squamate Chitinase Genes (CHIAs) Supports an Insectivory–Carnivory Transition during the Early History of Snakes

pp 235-247

12 - Origin and Early Diversification of the Enigmatic Squamate Venom Cocktail

pp 248-268

Part IV - Neurobiological Perspectives

pp 269-348

13 - Using Adaptive Traits in the Ear to Estimate Ecology of Early Snakes

pp 271-293

14 - A Glimpse into the Evolution of the Ophidian Brain

pp 294-315

15 - Eyes, Vision, and the Origins and Early Evolution of Snakes

pp 316-348

Part V - Anatomical and Functional Morphological Perspectives

pp 349-454

16 - Diversity and Evolution of Squamate Hemipenes

pp 351-388

17 - The Evolution of Sperm-Storage Location in Squamata with Particular Reference to Snakes

pp 389-409