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Mid-Cretaceous amber fossils illuminate the past diversity of tropical lizards

Modern tropical forests harbor an enormous diversity of squamates, but fossilization in such environments is uncommon and little is known about tropical lizard assemblages of the Mesozoic. We report the oldest lizard assemblage preserved in amber, providing insight into the poorly preserved but pote...

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Autores principales: Daza, Juan D., Stanley, Edward L., Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Grimaldi, David A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26973870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501080

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