A stem acrodontan lizard in the Cretaceous of Brazil revises early lizard evolution in Gondwana
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A stem acrodontan lizard in the Cretaceous of Brazil revises early lizard evolution in Gondwana
Iguanians are one of the most diverse groups of extant lizards (>1,700 species) with acrodontan iguanians dominating in the Old World, and non-acrodontans in the New World. A new lizard species presented herein is the first acrodontan from South America, indicating acrodontans radiated throughout Gondwana much earlier than previously thought, and that some of the first South American lizards we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9149