The evolution and interrelationships of carnivorous squamates (mosasaurs, snakes, monitor
lizards, Gila Monsters) are a contentious part of reptile systematics and go to the heart of …

Crocodile-tailed lizards are represented by a single extant species, Shinisaurus
crocodilurus, the Chinese crocodile lizard, which until 2006 was completely unknown in the …

The osteology of the Eocene lizard Eolacerta robusta from Messel and Geiseltal is
redescribed. Contrary to former opinions, Eolacerta does not possess body osteoderms, the …

abstract The historical biogeography of the lizard clade Iguanidae is complicated. In addition
to difficulties within the New World, where most of the more than 900 living species are …

The present distribution of lizards is usually explained as a result of relatively recent global
events, ie faunal turnovers or exchanges within and between particular continents mostly …

The fossil record of squamates (ie lizards and snakes) from Greece is reviewed herein.
Fossil remains of lizards and snakes in Greece date as back as the early Miocene. Their …

A single dentary of a terrestrial lizard was recently discovered in the lowermost part of the
Early Cretaceous Jydegård Formation on the island of Bornholm, Denmark. The general …

Abstract Late Jurassic lizards from Solnhofen, Germany, include some of the oldest known
articulated lizard specimens, sometimes including soft tissue preservation. These specimens …

In his classic study of lizard classification, Camp (1923) often referred to tongue morphology,
McDowell (1972) pointed out that Camp (1923) made two taxonomic assignments contrary …

Lizards were and still are an important component of the European herpetofauna. The
modern European lizard fauna started to set up in the Miocene and a rich fossil record is …