The only complete articulated early Miocene chameleon skull (Rusinga Island, Kenya) suggests an African origin for Madagascar’s endemic chameleons

We here present the first detailed study of the specimen KNM-RU 18340 from Rusinga Island (Kenya), the only known complete early Miocene chameleon skull, using micro-CT. This specimen represents one of the oldest chameleon fossils ever recovered. For the first time, the skull bone internal surfaces,...

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Autores principales: Čerňanský, Andrej, Herrel, Anthony, Kibii, Job M., Anderson, Christopher V., Boistel, Renaud, Lehmann, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6954250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31924840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57014-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6954250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31924840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57014-5

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