We provide phylogenetic analyses for primary Reptilia lineages including, for the first time,
Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara) using data from whole mitochondrial genomes. Our …

In placental mammals and birds, molecular data generally support a view that they diverged
into their ordinal groups in good response to mid-Cretaceous continental fragmentations …

Despite more than a century of debate, the evolutionary position of turtles (Testudines)
relative to other amniotes (reptiles, birds, and mammals) remains uncertain. One of the …

The complete mitochondrial genome of Tupaia belangeri, a representative of the eutherian
order Scandentia, was determined and compared with full-length mitochondrial sequences …

Background The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) from east Asia is the sole
living representative of a poorly-studied turtle lineage (Platysternidae). It has no close living …

DNA sequences from 195 squamate reptiles indicate that mitochondrial gene order is the
most reliable phylogenetic character establishing monophyly of acrodont lizards and of the …

The complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of three species of
squamate lizards: Blanus cinereus (Amphisbaenidae), Anguis fragilis (Anguidae), and …

Background The morphological peculiarities of turtles have, for a long time, impeded their
accurate placement in the phylogeny of amniotes. Molecular data used to address this major …

As part of an ongoing project to generate a mitochondrial database for terrestrial tortoises
based on museum specimens, the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of 10 …

Inconsistencies between phylogenetic interpretations obtained from independent sources of
molecular data occasionally hamper the recovery of the true evolutionary history of certain …