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The first known fossil Uma: ecological evolution and the origins of North American fringe-toed lizards
BACKGROUND: Fossil evidence suggests that extant North American lizard genera (north of Mexico) evolved during the Miocene. Although fossils of the clade Phrynosomatidae (spiny lizards and sand lizards) have been reported, there have been no previously described fossils of the fringe-toed sand lizar...
Autor principal: | Scarpetta, Simon G. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6729053/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31492110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1501-5 |
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