Osteological atlas of new lizards from the Phosphorites du Quercy (France), based on historical, forgotten, fossil material

GL Georgalis, A Čerňanský, J Klembara - Geodiversitas, 2021 - BioOne
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 …

The new rare record of the late Oligocene lizards and amphisbaenians from Germany and its impact on our knowledge of the European terminal Palaeogene

A Čerňanský, J Klembara, J Műller - Palaeobiodiversity and …, 2016 - Springer
There have been only a few studies on squamates from the late Oligocene of Europe,
resulting in significant gaps in our knowledge of the reptile faunas from the latest Paleogene …

The world's largest worm lizard: a new giant trogonophid (Squamata: Amphisbaenia) with extreme dental adaptations from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia

GL Georgalis, KT Smith, L Marivaux… - Zoological Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We here describe Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi, a new amphisbaenian genus and
species from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia. Using micro-computed tomography (μCT), we …

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 …

Anguimorph lizards from the lower Eocene (MP 10–11) of the Cos locality, Phosphorites du Quercy, France, and the early evolution of Glyptosaurinae in Europe

A Čerňanský, R Tabuce, D Vidalenc - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Squamate faunas from the lower Eocene of Europe are rare. A newly discovered lower
Eocene (MP 10–11) Cos locality in southwestern France has yielded an assemblage of …

A new gecko (Squamata, Gekkota) from the Eocene of Geiseltal (Germany) implies long‐term persistence of European Sphaerodactylidae

A Villa, O Wings, M Rabi - Papers in Palaeontology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The first record of amphisbaenian and anguimorph lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the upper Miocene Solnechnodolsk locality in Russia

A Čerňanský, EV Syromyatnikova, D Jablonski - Historical Biology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The amphisbaenian and anguimorph fossil lizards from the late Miocene (MN 13)
Solnechnodolsk locality (southern European Russia) are described. Amphisbaenians are …

The fossil record of lizards and snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) in Greece

GL Georgalis, M Delfino - Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 1: Basal …, 2022 - Springer
The fossil record of squamates (ie lizards and snakes) from Greece is reviewed herein.
Fossil remains of lizards and snakes in Greece date as back as the early Miocene. Their …

Comparative cranial osteology of Blanus (Squamata: Amphisbaenia)

A Villa, M Kirchner, DM Alba… - Zoological Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Worm lizards, or amphisbaenians, of the genus Blanus are found in various countries
around the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to four extinct species, seven extant taxa are …

First fossil find of the Blanus strauchi complex (Amphisbaenia, Blanidae) from the Miocene of Anatolia

GL Georgalis, K Halaçlar, S Mayda… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: First fossil find of the Blanus strauchi complex (Amphisbaenia, Blanidae) from
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