The Patagonian Fossil Lizards

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-121
Author(s):  
Adriana María Albino
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Lizards

scholarly journals A comparative atlas of the skull osteology of European lizards (Reptilia: Squamata)

2019 ◽  
Vol 187 (3) ◽  
pp. 829-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Villa ◽  
Massimo Delfino
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Record ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
European Species ◽  
History Of ◽  
Diagnostic Key ◽  
Single Bone ◽  
Fossil Lizards ◽  
Bone Remains ◽  
Comparative Osteology ◽  
Broad Scale

Abstract The fossil record provides evidence of a long evolutionary history of European lizards. Since fossil lizards are regularly represented by bone remains, the knowledge of the origins of extant taxa and their distribution in time and space is hindered by the fact that their comparative osteology is not yet completely and adequately known. In spite of a rising interest in this topic since the end of the 20th century, a gap in our knowledge is still evident. We here report the first broad-scale comparative osteological analysis of the skulls of extant European lizards, highlighting significant differences that can be used in identification. This comparative study, including as many European species as possible, leads to the creation of a detailed diagnostic key for each single bone. Also, our data significantly improve the recognizability of extant European non-snake squamates, with 54% of the current diversity to be recognized based on the new results contra the previously estimated 31%. This recognizability is expected to further increase in the future, with new studies focusing on species that are either missing or poorly represented here, or applying promising advanced methodologies.

scholarly journals Fossil lizards and snakes from Ano Metochi – a diverse squamate fauna from the latest Miocene of northern Greece

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 730-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios L. Georgalis ◽  
Andrea Villa ◽  
Massimo Delfino
Keyword(s):  
Northern Greece ◽  
Fossil Lizards

scholarly journals The Oligocene and Miocene fossil lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) of Central Mongolia

Geodiversitas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 811
Author(s):  
Andrej Čerňanský ◽  
Marc Louis Augé
Keyword(s):  
Central Mongolia ◽  
Fossil Lizards

Fossil lizards and snakes from the Middle Pleistocene of China

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. e1631175
Author(s):  
Yong-Xiang Li ◽  
Song-Mei Hu ◽  
She-Jiang Wang ◽  
Yun-Xiang Zhang ◽  
Ji Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Fossil Lizards

Fossil “saurians” in the Quekett cabinets at the Royal College of Surgeons of England

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Bocaege
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Royal College ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Extensive Collection ◽  
Microscope Slides ◽  
Fossil Lizards

As part of the recent Collections Review project carried out at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the scientific and historical potential of the collection of John Thomas Quekett (1815–1861), which includes archival documents, library items and an extensive collection of microscope slides, has been highlighted. In parallel with this review, a pilot project is currently underway and aims to conserve, catalogue and research Quekett's slides in the College's collection. This note reports on the findings of the pilot study and in particular on the discovery of the earliest microscope slides of “great fossil lizards”, including bones, teeth and coprolites presented by some of the greatest English naturalists of the nineteenth century.

Fossil lizards from the Jurassic Kota Formation of India

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan E. Evans ◽  
G. V. R. Prasad ◽  
B. K. Manhas
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Lizards
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