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 …

Dating the tree of life is a core endeavor in evolutionary biology. Rates of evolution are
fundamental to nearly every evolutionary model and process. Rates need dates. There is …

Abstract Squamata (amphisbaenians,“lizards”, mosasaurs, and snakes) is an extremely
diverse clade with a rich fossil record. There is little consensus about the interrelationships …

Background Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, tuatara) is a globally distributed and ecologically
important group of over 9,000 reptile species. The earliest fossil records are currently …

In this essay, we review concepts of taxonomic categories of anoles, reanalyze accumulated
characteristics of these lizards, use these analyses to summarize the topology of the …

Abstract Geckos in the Western Hemisphere provide an excellent model to study faunal
assembly at a continental scale. We generated a time‐calibrated phylogeny, including …

A phylogeny of tetrapods is inferred from nearly complete sequences of the nuclear RAG-1
gene sampled across 88 taxa encompassing all major clades, analyzed via parsimony and …

Abstract The Indian Gondwana basins preserve a thick sedimentary deposit from
Carboniferous to Cretaceous. In India, the Gondwana sediments were mainly deposited in …

The Triassic period is generally viewed as the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. For
paleontologists, however, it also marks the rise of the world's first modern land ecosystems …

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