Squamates first appeared in Europe in the Middle Jurassic. They were lizards that already
included some crown-group members. Faunas of the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous …

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 …

The fossil record provides evidence of a long evolutionary history of European lizards. Since
fossil lizards are regularly represented by bone remains, the knowledge of the origins of …

Gekkota is often interpreted as sister to all remaining squamates, exclusive of dibamids, or
as sister to Autarchoglossa. It is the only diverse lineage of primarily nocturnal lizards and …

Chameleons so easily capture the imagination, and have done so for centuries. In scientific
writings, they first appear with Aristotle (350 BC), and although they were recognized as …

Squamate faunas from the MN 1–3 interval (earliest Miocene) are poorly known in Europe
and worldwide. Our research brings the first report on a complete squamate fauna from the …

The fossil record of Chamaeleonidae is very scarce and any new specimen is therefore
considered important for our understanding of the evolutionary and biogeographic history of …

The Miocene beds of Kutch in India are well known for their mammalian assemblages,
including the extinct ape Sivapithecus, but far less is known about the fossil squamates from …

The present study describes a rich amphibian and reptilian assemblage from the early
Miocene locality Echzell, Germany. It consists of one allocaudate, five salamander, five frog …

Fossil squamate faunas from the Hambach lignite mine are described here for the first time.
The material comes from two stratigraphic levels—the older, Hambach 6C (MN 5), is dated …