[图书][B] Phylonyms: a companion to the PhyloCode

K de Queiroz, P Cantino, J Gauthier - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Phylonyms is an implementation of PhyloCode, which is a set of principles, rules, and
recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Nearly 300 clades-lineages of …

Exquisitely preserved fossil snakes of Messel: insight into the evolution, biogeography, habitat preferences and sensory ecology of early boas

A Scanferla, KT Smith - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
Our knowledge of early evolution of snakes is improving, but all that we can infer about the
evolution of modern clades of snakes such as boas (Booidea) is still based on isolated …

Transient presence of a teiid lizard in the European Eocene suggests transatlantic dispersal and rapid extinction

ML Augé, B Santiago - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2020 - Springer
Several teiid specimens (frontal, vertebra, maxillae) are described from the late Eocene of
Europe (MP17, Phosphorites du Quercy). The results of phylogenetic analyses confirm that …

New taxa among a remarkably diverse assemblage of fossil squamates from the Aguja Formation (lower Campanian) of West Texas

SL Wick, TA Shiller II - Cretaceous Research, 2020 - Elsevier
A diverse microfauna from the lower shale of the Aguja Formation of West Texas records a
rare, early Campanian assemblage of fossil squamates from North America. This …

Effects of phylogenetic uncertainty on fossil identification illustrated by a new and enigmatic Eocene iguanian

SG Scarpetta - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fossil identifications made in a phylogenetic framework are beholden to specific tree
hypotheses. Without phylogenetic consensus, the systematic provenance of any given fossil …

Amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene of Afghanistan

FL de Broin, S Bailon, ML Augé, JC Rage - Geodiversitas, 2020 - BioOne
Amphibians and reptiles are decribed for the first time from the Cenozoic of Afghanistan.
They originate from four Neogene localities. Sherullah 9 (late Miocene) yielded anuran …

Unusual lizard fossil from the Miocene of Nebraska and a minimum age for cnemidophorine teiids

SG Scarpetta - Royal Society Open Science, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Teiid lizards are well represented in the fossil record and are common components of
modern ecosystems in North and South America. Many fossils were referred to the …

Novel and Bizarre Abnormalities of the Tooth Row in Side‐Blotched Lizards (Uta) and Rock Lizards (Petrosaurus)

SG Scarpetta, CJ Bell - The Anatomical Record, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple tooth rows along the dentary or maxilla are present in many bony and cartilaginous
fishes but occur infrequently in amniotes. Although two partially overlapping rows of teeth or …

[PDF][PDF] Amphisbaenia

M Kearney, K de Queiroz - Phylonyms: A Companion to the …, 2020 - repository.si.edu
Reference Phylogeny: Figure 1 of Gauthier et al.(2012) should be treated as the primary
reference phylogeny, although similar relationships have been supported by molecular …