Fossil lizards and worm lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: an overview

A Villa, M Delfino - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2019 - Springer
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 …

An overview of the late Miocene vertebrates from the fissure fillings of Monticino Quarry (Brisighella, Italy), with new data on non-mammalian taxa

A Villa, G Carnevale, M Pavia, L Rook, M Sami… - Rivista Italiana di …, 2021 - flore.unifi.it
The latest Messinian Monticino Quarry fissure fillings, near Brisighella in Italy, are well
known for their diverse mammal fauna. Conversely, little is known about other vertebrates …

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene locality of Maramena (Greece), the most diverse European herpetofauna at the Miocene/Pliocene transition …

G Georgalis, A Villa, M Ivanov, D Vasilyan… - Palaeontologia …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
We herein describe the fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene (latest Miocene or
earliest Pliocene; MN 13/14) locality of Maramena, in northern Greece. The herpetofauna is …

Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European …

A Villa, J Abella, DM Alba, S Almecija, A Bolet… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) inhabited Europe at least from the early Miocene to the
Pleistocene. Their fossil record is limited to about 40 localities that have provided mostly …

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from Plakias, Crete: a glimpse into the earliest late Miocene herpetofaunas of southeastern Europe

GL Georgalis, A Villa, E Vlachos, M Delfino - Geobios, 2016 - Elsevier
Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the earliest late Miocene (early Tortonian, MN 9) of
Plakias (Crete, Greece) are described in this paper. Most of the material is fragmentary …

Early Miocene herpetofaunas from the Greek localities of Aliveri and Karydia–bridging a gap in the knowledge of amphibians and reptiles from the early Neogene of …

GL Georgalis, A Villa, M Ivanov, S Roussiakis… - Historical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We here describe new remains of amphibians and reptiles from the early Miocene (MN 4) of
two different Greek localities, Aliveri and Karydia. The newly described material consists of …

[HTML][HTML] Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa—first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt

GL Georgalis, MKA Gawad, SM Hassan… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Lizard and snake remains from the early Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Moghra Formation,
Egypt, are described herein. This material comprises the first fossil remains of squamates …

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

GL Georgalis, A Villa, M Delfino - Historical Biology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We here describe a new squamate fauna from the late Miocene (Messinian, MN 13) of Ano
Metochi, northern Greece. The lizard fauna of Ano Metochi is here shown to be rather …

Afrotropics on the wing: phylogenomics and historical biogeography of awl and policeman skippers

EFA Toussaint, H Chiba, M Yago… - Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Old‐World Tropics encompass many unique biomes and associated biotas
shaped by drastic climate and geological changes throughout the Cenozoic. Disjunct …

A review of the fossil record of Afro-Arabian turtles of the clade Testudinoidea

GL Georgalis, L Macaluso, M Delfino - Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of …, 2021 - BioOne
Turtles of the clade Testudinoidea have a rather scarce fossil record in Afro-Arabia, ranging
from the late Eocene up to the Quaternary. The vast majority of testudinoid fossils from Afro …