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 …

La présente publication est une étude des restes fossiles d'amphibiens et de squamates
provenant de 34 gisements espagnols, datés du Pliocène supérieur au Pléistocène moyen …

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 …

We herein describe the fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene (latest Miocene or
earliest Pliocene; MN 13/14) locality of Maramena, in northern Greece. The herpetofauna is …

Abstract The Early to Middle Miocene fossil locality Sandelzhausen has yielded 48 species
of ectothermic vertebrates and thus represents one of the most diverse ectotherm faunas of …

Aim To assess the role of the Balkan Peninsula as a Pleistocene refugium for the smooth
newt, Lissotriton vulgaris, and to test whether its genetic differentiation is temporally …

Caenophidia, the snake clade that includes the highest species richness, morphological
diversity, and ecological breadth within Serpentes, has been extensively studied with …

A revision of the Early-Middle Miocene anguine, Pseudopus laurillardi, is presented based
on a detailed anatomical analysis of one newly discovered articulated specimen and …

Snakes possess a dense fossil record through the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic and are
an important clade for studies of molecular phylogenetics. The use of the snake fossil record …