Assessing ontogenetic maturity in extinct saurian reptiles

CT Griffin, MR Stocker, C Colleary… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Morphology forms the most fundamental level of data in vertebrate palaeontology because it
is through interpretations of morphology that taxa are identified, creating the basis for broad …

Phylogenomics of monitor lizards and the role of competition in dictating body size disparity

IG Brennan, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon… - Systematic …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Organismal interactions drive the accumulation of diversity by influencing species ranges,
morphology, and behavior. Interactions vary from agonistic to cooperative and should result …

First pan‐trionychid turtle (Testudines, Pan‐Trionychidae) from the Palaeogene of Africa

GL Georgalis - Papers in Palaeontology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pan‐trionychids (soft‐shelled turtles) are known from the Neogene and Quaternary fossil
record of Africa. They have so far been totally absent in Palaeogene localities of the …

Latest Early-early Middle Eocene deposits of Algeria (Glib Zegdou, HGL50), yield the richest and most diverse fauna of amphibians and squamate reptiles from the …

JC Rage, M Adaci, M Bensalah, M Mahboubi… - …, 2021 - hal.umontpellier.fr
HGL50 is a latest Early-early Middle Eocene vertebrate-bearing locality located in Western
Algeria. It has produced the richest and most diverse fauna of amphibians and squamate …

Histological features of the spleen and pancreas of the Egyptian Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus)

ESI Mohammed, FA Madkour… - SVU-International Journal …, 2021 - journals.ekb.eg
The present study investigated the histological features of the spleen and pancreas of the
Egyptian Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus). After gross observations the representative …

New records of legless squamates from the lowest upper Eocene deposits of the Fayum Depression, Egypt

MA El-Hares, H Zaher, D El-Mekkawy… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The Eocene was a key interval for the diversification of squamates worldwide. However, little
is known about their early evolution in Africa due to the scarcity of Paleogene fossil …

[PDF][PDF] Análisis osteológico de Taniwhasaurus antarcticus (Mosasauroidea, Tylosaurinae). Implicancias paleobiológicas

GÁ Herrera - bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar
En la presente tesis de licenciatura se reestudia el holotipo de Taniwhasaurus antarcticus,
proveniente de la Formación Snow Hill Island (Campaniano superior) aflorante en la Isla …

[PDF][PDF] age–A life of paleo-herp eto lo g ist–

M Jean-C - 2021 - sciencepress.mnhn.fr
We describe the skull of Ragechelus sahelica, n. gen., n. sp., a pleurodiran Pelomedusoides
turtle, the oldest skull known of the Erymnochelyinae. The specimen comes from the …