Evolutionary origins of the prolonged extant squamate radiation

CD Brownstein, DL Meyer, M Fabbri… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Squamata is the most diverse clade of terrestrial vertebrates. Although the origin of pan-
squamates lies in the Triassic, the oldest undisputed members of extant clades known from …

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene locality of Maramena (Greece), the most diverse European herpetofauna at the Miocene/Pliocene transition …

G Georgalis, A Villa, M Ivanov, D Vasilyan… - Palaeontologia …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
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 …

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 first potential cordyliform (Squamata, Scincoidea) from India (uppermost Cretaceous–lowermost Paleocene): An African lizard clade brings possible implications …

R Yadav, S Bajpai, AS Maurya, A Čerňanský - Cretaceous Research, 2023 - Elsevier
We here report on a new lizard from the Deccan intertrappean strata (uppermost Cretaceous–
lowermost Paleocene) of the recently discovered Kesavi locality, central India. The material …

Timing of intercontinental faunal migrations: Anguimorph lizards from the earliest Eocene (MP 7) of Dormaal, Belgium

A Čerňanský, R Smith, T Smith… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Here we report on anguimorph lizards from the earliest Eocene (MP 7) of the Dormaal
locality in Belgium, from the time of the warmest global climate of the past 66 million years …

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 …

Green lizards (Squamata, Lacertidae) from? Pliocene deposits of Węże I in southern Poland, with comments on cranial features for selected lacertids

A Čerňanský - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2024 - Springer
I here describe lacertids from the classic Węże I locality in southern Poland (? Pliocene
deposits) based on six previously undescribed jaws: an incomplete left maxilla, two …

Fossil lizards and snakes (Diapsida, Squamata) from the Late Miocene hominid locality of Haritalyangar, India

NP Singh, S Deep, A Čerňanský, RK Sehgal, AP Singh… - Geobios, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Miocene hominid-bearing locality in Haritalyangar, India, has yielded
remains of fossil lizards and snakes. The material consists of the following taxa: Varanus …

New diverse amphibian and reptile assemblages from the late Neogene of northern Greece provide novel insights into the emergence of extant herpetofaunas of the …

GL Georgalis, A Villa, M Ivanov, M Delfino - Swiss Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
We here describe abundant new fossil material of amphibians and reptiles from different late
Neogene localities of northern Greece: the Early Pliocene (MN 14) of Spilia 0, Spilia 1, and …

Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany

D Vasilyan, A Čerňanský, Z Szyndlar, T Mörs - Fossil Record, 2022 - diva-portal.org
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 …