New lizard material from two Early Miocene localities in France: Montaigu-le-Blin (MN 2) and Crémat (MN 3)

A Čerňanský - Geobios, 2023 - Elsevier
Squamate faunas from the MN 1–3 intervals (earliest Miocene) are scarcely documented
from the European continent. I here describe squamate faunas from two French localities …

A strikingly ornamented fossil alligator lizard (Squamata: Abronia) from the Miocene of California

SG Scarpetta, DT Ledesma - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Extant alligator lizards of the genus Abronia are found in montane cloud forests and pine-
oak forests of Mesoamerica and are iconic among the public and scientific communities …