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 …

Phylonyms is an implementation of PhyloCode, which is a set of principles, rules, and
recommendations governing phylogenetic nomenclature. Nearly 300 clades-lineages of …

Large constrictor snakes, referred to the genera Palaeopython and Paleryx, are an
ecologically prominent part of the fauna of Europe during the Paleogene. Most species were …

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 …

ABSTRACT A nearly complete skeleton of an erycine boid is described from the Ypresian-
Lutetian (early-middle Eocene) site of Messel, Germany, for which we propose the name …

We here report on a well-preserved juvenile lizard specimen in Albian amber (ca. 110 mya)
from the Hkamti site (Myanmar). This new taxon is represented by an articulated skull and …

Herein, we revise the material of the extinct taxon Pseudopus pannonicus from Central
Europe, the largest known anguid lizard and iconic member of herpetofaunas from the …

The lizard and snake fauna from the late middle–late Eocene (MP 16–MP 20) of Dielsdorf,
near Zurich, Switzerland, is described comprehensively in this paper. Detailed comparisons …

The evolution and interrelationships of carnivorous squamates (mosasaurs, snakes, monitor
lizards, Gila Monsters) are a contentious part of reptile systematics and go to the heart of …

Gekkota (geckos and pygopods) constitute a diverse and early diverging clade of
squamates, but their highly fragmentary fossil record allows only limited insights into their …