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 …

Miocene Snakes of Eurasia A Review of the Evolution of Snake Communities

M Ivanov, D Gower, H Zaher - The Origin and Early Evolutionary …, 2022 - books.google.com
The main features of today's Eurasian snake fauna were assembled during the Miocene (~
23–5 Ma), and so this epoch is critical for understanding the origins and early evolution of …

Early Miocene herpetofaunas from the Greek localities of Aliveri and Karydia–bridging a gap in the knowledge of amphibians and reptiles from the early Neogene of …

GL Georgalis, A Villa, M Ivanov, S Roussiakis… - Historical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We here describe new remains of amphibians and reptiles from the early Miocene (MN 4) of
two different Greek localities, Aliveri and Karydia. The newly described material consists of …

[HTML][HTML] Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa—first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt

GL Georgalis, MKA Gawad, SM Hassan… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Lizard and snake remains from the early Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Moghra Formation,
Egypt, are described herein. This material comprises the first fossil remains of squamates …

Pleistocene extinctions and recent expansions in an anguid lizard of the genus Pseudopus

D Jandzik, D Jablonski, O Zinenko… - Zoologica …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climatic changes during the Pleistocene played an instrumental role in the shaping recent
distribution and diversity of the Western Palearctic biota. Range oscillations often lead to …

Pseudopus pannonicus (Squamata), the largest known anguid lizard—Redescription of the type material and new specimens from the Neogene and Quaternary of …

E Loréal, GL Georgalis, A Čerňanský - The Anatomical Record, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we revise the material of the extinct taxon Pseudopus pannonicus from Central
Europe, the largest known anguid lizard and iconic member of herpetofaunas from the …

Lizards and snakes from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Ravin de la Pluie (Axios Valley, Greece)

GL Georgalis, JC Rage, L de Bonis… - Swiss Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
We here describe lizards and snakes from the late Miocene (MN 10) of Ravin de la Pluie,
near Thessaloniki, Greece, a locality widely known for its hominoid primate Ouranopithecus …

The Key to Understanding the European Miocene Chalcides (Squamata, Scincidae) Comes from Asia: The Lizards of the East Siberian Tagay Locality (Baikal Lake) …

A ČerŇanský, EV Syromyatnikova… - The Anatomical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The early middle Miocene (MN 5) lizards from the East Siberian Tagay locality (Baikal Lake,
Russia) in Asia are described here. The lizard fauna consists of two clades, Lacertidae and …

Early Miocene gastropod and ectothermic vertebrate remains from the Lesvos Petrified Forest (Greece)

K Vasileiadou, M Böhme, TA Neubauer, GL Georgalis… - PalZ, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Lesvos Petrified Forest (western Lesvos, Greece) has long been famous for its
plant fossils. Recently, one proboscidean (from the Gavathas locality) and seven …

A new early Miocene herpetofauna from Kilçak, Turkey

E Syromyatnikova, GL Georgalis, S Mayda… - Russian Journal of …, 2019 - zora.uzh.ch
The fauna of amphibians and reptiles (except turtles) from the early Miocene localities of the
Kilçak section (Turkey) is described here. The herpetofaunal assemblage of the Kilçak …