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Anguidae
Senin, 2025-06-23 12:53:53

Diploglossidae (which contains the galliwasps) was also formerly included. Anguids have hard osteoderms beneath their scales giving them an armored appearance...

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Snake
Jumat, 2026-05-29 09:49:00

common in extant reptiles and has happened dozens of times within skinks, anguids, and other lizards. In 2016, two studies reported that limb loss in snakes...

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Pseudopus
Senin, 2025-06-23 12:54:05

Pseudopus is a genus of anguid lizards that are native to Eurasia. One extant species remains, the sheltopusik, with four fossil species. They are the...

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Caudal vertebrae
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 06:36:10

ventrally. The number of caudal vertebrae in animals can vary greatly. Anguid lizards have been reported to have as many as 111 caudal vertebrae, whereas...

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Jamaican giant galliwasp
Jumat, 2025-11-14 08:48:17

hope that the species may persist. The Jamaican galliwasp was the largest anguid skink on the island with a head-body length of 32 cms. Early observers noted...

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Glyptosaurinae
Senin, 2025-09-29 08:29:05

Glyptosaurinae is an extinct subfamily of anguid lizards that lived in the Northern Hemisphere during the Late Cretaceous and the Paleogene. Glyptosaurines...

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List of vulnerable reptiles
Jumat, 2026-06-05 22:35:26

  Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species   Critically endangered (CR): 432 species   Endangered (EN): 800 species   Vulnerable (VU): 627 species   Near threatened...

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Squamata
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 03:52:33

contains many extant lineages such as monitor lizards, beaded lizards and anguids. The presence of an essentially modern crown group squamate so far back...

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Viviparity
Sabtu, 2026-02-21 01:11:40

may have occurred a maximum of eight times in the genus Gerrhonotus of anguid lizards. Advanced ancestral state reconstruction was used to more accurately...

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Gerrhonotus
Minggu, 2025-03-16 16:40:33

Gerrhonotus is a genus of anguid lizards that are commonly referred to as alligator lizards, due to a vague resemblance to an alligator. Most species are...

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Sheltopusik
Senin, 2026-06-01 09:09:10

David (2021-05-04). "Morphological and genetic differentiation in the anguid lizard Pseudopus apodus supports the existence of an endemic subspecies...

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Pyroraptor
Jumat, 2026-02-06 14:37:37

palaeobatrachid anurans, batrachosauroidid urodeles, amphisbaenian and/or anguid squamates, and derived alethinophidian snakes. Timeline of dromaeosaurid...

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Navassa Island
Minggu, 2026-05-31 02:24:40

believed to be, or to have been, endemic to Navassa Island: Comptus badius (an anguid lizard), Aristelliger cochranae (a gecko), Sphaerodactylus becki (a gecko)...

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Helodermoides
Senin, 2025-06-23 12:53:59

Helodermoides is an extinct genus of anguid lizards from the Oligocene of North America. The genus is monotypic, including only the species Helodermoides...

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Kalakocetus
Senin, 2026-05-25 13:00:37

brontotheriid like Mulkrajanops, paraceratheriid like Forstercooperia, anguid like Rajaurisaurus, indeterminate crocodylomorphs like sebecosuchian and...

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Paleocene
Rabu, 2026-05-27 19:37:21

dominant by the Eocene were not as abundant in the Cretaceous, namely the anguids, iguanas, night lizards, pythons, colubrids, boas, and worm lizards. Only...

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Marshalltown Formation
Rabu, 2025-07-02 09:00:24

cf. Odaxosaurus O. sp. Ellisdale Site An anguid lizard. cf. Machaerosaurus M. sp. Ellisdale Site An anguid lizard. Prototeius P. stageri Ellisdale Site...

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Odaxosaurus
Rabu, 2025-01-22 10:41:04

Odaxosaurus is an extinct genus of anguid lizards that existed in western North America from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. Fossils of the type...

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2026 in reptile paleontology
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 03:22:25

Monstersauria and Iguanomorpha reported to date, and possibly the oldest known anguid worldwide. Lemierre, Wilenzik & Orliac (2026) describe fossils of members...

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Anguis veronensis
Kamis, 2025-07-17 22:57:34

insufficient variation in the external ear opening presence. For now, this anguid species has been observed only in Italy and some parts of France. Some experts...

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Brazilian galliwasp
Selasa, 2026-05-19 09:30:42

species). (in Italian). Vitt LJ (1985). "On the biology of the little known anguid lizard, Diploglossus lessonae, in northeast Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia...

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List of least concern reptiles
Jumat, 2026-06-05 23:23:33

  Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species   Critically endangered (CR): 432 species   Endangered (EN): 800 species   Vulnerable (VU): 627 species   Near threatened...

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Paleobiota of the Hell Creek Formation
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 08:10:04

lizard. Exostinus E. lancensis Xenosaurid lizard. Proxestops P. jepseni Anguid lizard. Parasaniwa P. wyomingensis Necrosaurid lizard. Paraderma P. bogerti...

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Robert M. Sullivan
Jumat, 2025-12-26 01:31:10

6(1): 28-37. 1987. Parophisaurus pawneensis (Gilmore, 1928), new genus of anguid lizard from the middle Oligocene of North America. Journal of Herpetology...

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Anzuetoi arboreal alligator lizard
Rabu, 2026-05-20 05:26:46

ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia anzuetoi, p. 10). Campbell JA, Frost DR (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new...

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White River Fauna
Jumat, 2026-05-01 21:26:52

tuberculatus Chadronian to Orellan late Eocene to early Oligocene A glyptosaurine anguid (an armored lizard related to glass lizards and alligator lizards). Previously...

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Mexican alligator lizard
Minggu, 2025-11-30 17:44:30

March 2020. Campbell, Jonathan A.; Frost, Darrel R. (3 September 1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: Revisionary notes, descriptions of four new...

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Insular India
Selasa, 2026-05-05 11:39:01

snakes like Sanajeh and possibly Indophis and iguanian lizards, while anguids are from Laurasia. Caecillians are an indigenous Gondwanan clade, but their...

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Abronia bogerti
Selasa, 2026-05-19 09:40:10

(in German, with an abstract in English). Campbell JA, Frost DR (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new...

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Denver Formation
Minggu, 2026-05-10 02:43:07

Danian An anguid lizard of uncertain affinities. aff. Contogenys aff. C. sp. A contogeniid lizard. cf. Odaxosaurus cf. O. piger An anguid lizard. Palaeoscincosaurus...

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Peltosaurus
Sabtu, 2025-10-11 10:38:09

an extinct genus of anguid lizard from North America that lived from the Eocene to the Miocene. Peltosaurus belongs to the anguid subfamily Glyptosaurinae...

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Uintatherium
Rabu, 2026-04-15 20:53:23

softshelled turtles, tortoises, terrapins, and baenids lived alongside anguids, varanids, teiids, and boids as well as crocodilians like Boverisuchus...

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Jacques Gauthier
Senin, 2025-01-20 08:08:48

University Press, Palo Alto. Gauthier, Jacques A. (1982): Fossil xenosaurid and anguid lizards from the early Eocene of Wyoming, and a revision of the Anguioidea...

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Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard
Selasa, 2026-05-19 08:14:57

pp. 6-9 + Figures 2-3). McCranie JR, Wilson LD (1999). "Status of the Anguid Lizard Abronia montecristoi ". Journal of Herpetology 33 (1): 127-128. Roach...

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Cope's arboreal alligator lizard
Minggu, 2026-05-31 06:17:41

Lizards". Academy of Science of Saint Louis. Campbell, JA; Frost, DR (1993). "ANGUID LIZARDS OF THE GENUS ABRONIA - REVISIONARY NOTES, DESCRIPTIONS OF 4 NEW...

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List of vertebrate fauna of the Campanian stage
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 21:58:30

related to the contemporary Bainguis. †Odaxosaurus †O. piger †O. priscus An anguid anguimorph. †Ovoo †O. gurvel An early varanid. †Palaeosaniwa †P. canadensis...

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Abronia smithi
Selasa, 2026-05-19 09:40:50

Accessed 10 October 2017. Campbell, Jonathan A.; Frost, Darrel R. (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new...

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Caribicus warreni
Selasa, 2026-05-19 08:28:17

Dominican Republic and Haiti. True to its common name, C. warreni is a large anguid, weighing in at 68 grams (2.4 ounces). The natural habitat of C. warreni...

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List of Plasmodium species infecting reptiles
Kamis, 2026-02-12 09:11:22

ameiva P. colombiense - Anolis lizard (Anolis auratus) P. diploglossi - Anguid lizard (Diploglossus fasciatus) P. draconis - the flying lizard (Draco volans)...

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List of reptiles of El Salvador
Jumat, 2026-05-22 20:27:27

Caiman crocodilus Linnaeus, 1758 Order: Squamata · Family: Anguidae The anguids (Aguidae), popularly known as glass lizards, are a family of lacertilian...

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Aguja Formation
Rabu, 2026-02-04 02:57:12

et. sp. indet. Texas. Isolated osteoderms & partial right frontal. An anguid. Apsgnathus A. triptodon Brewster County, Texas. Jaw elements. A scincomorph...

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Paraplacosauriops
Senin, 2025-06-23 12:54:03

Paraplacosauriops (near Placosauriops) is an extinct genus of anguid lizards from the middle Eocene of France. Paraplacosauriops was originally named Plestiodon...

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Autarchoglossa
Jumat, 2026-05-08 18:20:56

Autarchoglossa (excluding Iguania): Anguidae Gray, 1825 – alligator lizards, anguids, galliwasps, glass lizards Anniellidae Nopcsa 1928 – legless lizards Cordylidae...

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Kaiparowits Formation
Minggu, 2026-04-26 06:41:13

fragmented skelton with articulated parts A monstersaurian lizard Odaxosaurus O. roosevelti A anguid lizard Parasaniwa P. cynochoros A palaeovaranid anguimorph...

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Hammerschmiede clay pit
Rabu, 2026-04-29 05:52:16

number of scales. Anguid, with a length of up to two meters the largest lizard present Ophisaurus O. sp. HAM 1 HAM 2 HAM 3 HAM 5 Anguid lizard Chalcides...

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Osteoderm development
Kamis, 2026-06-04 04:44:31

(2011). "An enamel-like tissue, osteodermine, on the osteoderms of a fossil anguid (Glyptosaurinae) lizard". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 10 (5–6): 427–437. doi:10...

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Stenoplacosaurus
Senin, 2025-06-23 12:54:13

Stenoplacosaurus is an extinct genus of glyptosaurine anguid lizards from the Eocene of Inner Mongolia, China. The genus is monotypic, containing only...

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Adynomosaurus
Kamis, 2026-05-14 22:52:27

referred to nodosaurid dinosaurs, indeterminate material from iguanid, anguid, Gekkota, and scincomorph lizards, indeterminate material from albanerpetontid...

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Intertrappean Beds
Selasa, 2026-05-19 11:24:10

indeterminate agamid lizard. Anguidae Incertae sedis Naskal An indeterminate anguid lizard. ?"Contogenys" ?"C." sp. Nagpur An indeterminate scincomorph lizard...

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Montserrat galliwasp
Minggu, 2026-05-24 23:23:24

Reptile Database. Accessed 24 May 2026. Underwood, Garth (10 April 1964). "An anguid lizard from the Leeward Islands". Breviora. 200. Cambridge, MA: Museum of...

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Plasmodium diploglossi
Senin, 2024-04-15 23:25:34

gametocytes. This species is found in eastern Panama. This species infects the anguid lizard Diploglossus fasciatus and Mabuya mabouya. Telford, Jr. S. R. (2007)...

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Diploglossus garridoi
Rabu, 2026-05-20 13:00:31

ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Diploglossus garridoi, p. 98). Thomas R, Hedges SB (1998). "New Anguid Lizard (Diploglossus) from Cuba". Copeia 1998 (1): 97–103. (Diploglossus...

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List of reptiles of Mexico
Kamis, 2025-09-11 00:38:55

1802) Caiman crocodilus Linnaeus, 1758 Order: Squamata · Family: Anguidae Anguids (Anguidae) are a family of anguimorphic scaly sauropsids that includes...

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Fort Union Formation
Senin, 2026-01-12 07:21:43

jaw elements. An anguid lizard. cf. Anguidae Swain Quarry, Carbon County, Wyoming. 6 partial dentaries. Provisionally referred to anguid lizards based on...

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Bridger Formation
Selasa, 2026-03-24 14:00:11

Anguids reported from the Bridger Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Images Glyptosaurus G. sphenodon Henry's Fork, Sweetwater...

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Willwood Formation
Senin, 2026-05-04 01:25:35

Anguidae indet. 2 fragmentary dentaries (UM 76872 and 76873). A very small anguid lizard. Anguimorpha A dentary, maxilla and 1 or 2 premaxillae (UM 76874–76875...

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Darrel Frost
Rabu, 2025-12-17 23:16:19

History. Retrieved 10 March 2015. Campbell, J.A.; Frost, D.R. (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new...

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Abronia ornelasi
Selasa, 2026-05-19 09:40:38

373–381. (Abronia ornelasi, new species). Campbell JA, Frost DR (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new...

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Paleofauna of the Messel Formation
Senin, 2026-04-13 13:49:56

Sullivan, R.M.; Habersetzer, J. (1999). "Middle Eocene (Geiseltalian) anguid lizards from Geiseltal and Messel, Germany. 1. Ophisauriscus quadrupes Kuhn...

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Takli Formation
Senin, 2026-01-19 17:37:13

Maastrichtian A Globaurid. Anguidae Indeterminate Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Anguid. Litakis sp. Maharashtra Maastrichtian A Platynota. Exostinus E. estesi...

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Fort Crittenden Formation
Selasa, 2025-05-27 01:05:22

Tyrannosauridae fossils attributed to Gorgosaurus have been unearthed here. Teiid and anguid lizards are known from the formation. Earth sciences portal Paleontology...

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List of reptiles of Texas
Senin, 2025-09-29 10:55:02

Scientific name Common name Family Conservation status Family: Anguidae (anguid and legless lizards) Gerrhonotus infernalis Texas alligator lizard Anguidae...

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List of sequenced animal genomes
Senin, 2026-05-11 14:04:50

Zhong X, Jin J, Guan R, et al. (2015). "A genome draft of the legless anguid lizard, Ophisaurus gracilis". GigaScience. 4 s13742-015-0056-7: 17. doi:10...

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Quercy Phosphorites Formation
Selasa, 2026-06-02 22:02:32

incomplete frontal bone and a partial right mandible. A Glyptosaurinae anguid. Dracaenosaurus D. croizeti Eurheloderma E. gallicum Geiseltaliellus G....

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2025 in reptile paleontology
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 04:58:26

from the Lower Pleistocene Taurida Cave (Crimea), representing the first anguid fossil found in the region and one of the geologically oldest occurrences...

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List of reptiles of Guatemala
Senin, 2026-05-18 08:44:03

eight genera. Their closest living relatives are the helodermatid lizards. Anguids are carnivorous or insectivorous, and inhabit a wide range of different...

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Nanjemoy Formation
Senin, 2026-06-01 13:01:54

toliapicus. P. toliapicus P. virginianus Parophisaurus P. mccloskeyi An anguid lizard, type locality of this species. Puppigerus P. camperi A pancheloniid...

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Ville Formation
Rabu, 2025-08-13 12:30:13

vertebra (IPB-HaH 3709). An anguid lizard. Anguidae indet. 2 Hambach 11. Upper Pliocene. 2 caudal vertebrae (IPB-HaR 3009). An anguid lizard. Bavarioboa B....

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2024 in reptile paleontology
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 01:53:16

Loréal, Georgalis & Čerňanský (2024), who interpret the majority of large anguids from the Neogene of Europe as junior synonyms of P. pannonicus. Donato...

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Nacimiento Formation
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 22:03:24

glyptosaurine anguid. Odaxosaurus O. piger Puercan A glyptosaurine anguid. Parodaxosaurus P. sanjuanensis Torrejonian A glyptosaurine anguid. Plesiorhineura...

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Sharps Formation
Minggu, 2026-03-01 09:23:17

Genus indeterminate Wounded Knee Area. 30 jaw fragments (SDSM 5896). An anguid lizard. Iguanidae Genus indeterminate Wounded Knee Area. 11 jaw fragments...

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Euposaurus
Senin, 2026-05-04 23:37:58

statement and affirmed that E. thiollierei is a true lizard similar to the anguids. This interpretation was accepted by Nopsca, 1908. In 1923, Camp created...

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Dove Spring Formation
Selasa, 2026-05-05 11:36:07

Notes Images Anguidae Gen. indet. Kern County, California. A very large anguid lizard. Callisaurus C. sp. Kern County, California. A zebra-tailed lizard...

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Leptorhynchos gaddisi
Senin, 2026-03-02 20:27:32

wide variety of squamates have also been found in these areas including anguids, scincomorphs, varanoids, and snakes. The giant alligatorid Deinosuchus...

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2018 in reptile paleontology
Selasa, 2026-04-07 07:39:27

Middle Eocene (Sharamurunian) Heti Formation Shara Murun Formation China An anguid lizard belonging to the subfamily Glyptosaurinae. The type species is "Helodermoides"...

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Geiseltal (fossil deposit)
Selasa, 2026-05-19 03:37:06

Sullivan, Thomas Keller, Jörg Habersetzer: Middle Eocene (Geiseltalian) anguid lizards from Geiseltal and Messel, Germany. I. Ophisauriscus quadrupes KUHN...

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2023 in reptile paleontology
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 01:48:55

blue-tongued skink, and transfer it to the genus Tiliqua. Lacertid, blanid and anguid fossil material, including one of the oldest records of the genus Blanus...

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Wasatch Formation
Minggu, 2026-02-08 01:45:45

Survey Bulletin, 1523: 1–79 Gauthier, J. A (1982), "Fossil xenosaurid and anguid lizards from the early Eocene Wasatch Formation, southeast Wyoming, and...

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Abronia chiszari
Selasa, 2026-05-19 09:40:14

ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Abronia chiszari, pp. 53-54). Campbell JA, Frost DR (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new...

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Valentine Formation
Senin, 2025-06-23 00:09:08

Bridge Quarry, Brown County, Nebraska. 3 large osteoscutes (UNSM 61028). An anguid lizard. Boidae Indeterminate Brown (Norden Bridge quarry) & Cherry counties...

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2019 in reptile paleontology
Selasa, 2026-04-07 07:39:52

(2019). A study on the taxonomy and evolutionary history of glyptosaurine anguids is published by Sullivan (2019). Fossils of Peltosaurus granulosus are...

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Nordenosaurus
Senin, 2026-05-18 22:54:56

2307/1562926. JSTOR 1562926. Gauthier, J.A. (1982). "Fossil xenosaurid and anguid lizards from the early Eocene Wasatch Formation, Southeast Wyoming, and...

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Abronia mitchelli
Selasa, 2026-05-19 09:40:30

355–361. (Abronia mitchelli, new species). Campbell JA, Frost DR (1993). "Anguid lizards of the genus Abronia: revisionary notes, descriptions of four new...

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2012 in paleontology
Rabu, 2026-04-15 09:41:26

Sp. nov. Valid Sullivan et al. Earliest Eocene Belgium A glyptosaurine anguid lizard. Originally described as a possible species of Placosaurus; Čerňanský...

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Myrmecodaptria
Rabu, 2025-01-22 10:41:16

member of Banguidae, Bainguis, may instead be a closer relative of living anguids or lacertoids, in which case Bainguidae would not be a valid grouping....

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