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 …

Phylogenomics of Anguis and Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae) indicates Balkan-Apennine mitochondrial capture associated with the Messinian event

V Gvoždík, T Nečas, D Jablonski, EM Lemmon… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
A dated phylogenetic hypothesis on the evolutionary history of the extant taxa of the Western
Palearctic lizards Anguis and Pseudopus is revised using genome-wide nuclear DNA and …

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 …

Vertebral Comparative Anatomy and Morphological Differences in Anguine Lizards With a Special Reference to Pseudopus apodus

A Čerňanský, O Yaryhin, J Ciceková… - The Anatomical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The article reports on the first detailed vertebral and rib morphology of anguine taxon
Pseudopus apodus using micro‐computed tomography. A comparison shows significant …

Osteological atlas of new lizards from the Phosphorites du Quercy (France), based on historical, forgotten, fossil material

GL Georgalis, A Čerňanský, J Klembara - Geodiversitas, 2021 - BioOne
A long-forgotten, old collection of lizards from the Phosphorites du Quercy in southern
France, housed in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna (NHMW), is described in detail …

The first potential cordyliform (Squamata, Scincoidea) from India (uppermost Cretaceous–lowermost Paleocene): An African lizard clade brings possible implications …

R Yadav, S Bajpai, AS Maurya, A Čerňanský - Cretaceous Research, 2023 - Elsevier
We here report on a new lizard from the Deccan intertrappean strata (uppermost Cretaceous–
lowermost Paleocene) of the recently discovered Kesavi locality, central India. The material …

New material of Ophisaurus, Anguis and Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Miocene of the Czech Republic and Germany and systematic revision …

J Klembara, M Rummel - Geological Magazine, 2018 - cambridge.org
Four species of Ophisaurus, O. fejfari, O. spinari, O. robustus and O. holeci, are recognized
on the basis of parietals from the Early Miocene of the Czech Republic and Germany. The …

Lizards and snakes from the earliest Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, France: an anatomical and histological approach of some of the oldest Neogene squamates …

GL Georgalis, TM Scheyer - BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The earliest Miocene (Aquitanian) represents a crucial time interval in
the evolution of European squamates (ie, lizards and snakes), witnessing a high diversity of …

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 …

Iguanian lizards (Acrodonta and Pleurodonta) from the earliest Eocene (MP 7) of Dormaal, Belgium: the first stages of these iconic reptiles in Europe

A Čerňanský, R Smith, T Smith… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We here report on iguanians (both new and the previous record) from the earliest Eocene
(MP 7) of the Dormaal locality in Belgium, from the time of the warmest global climates of the …