Evidence of Egg Diversity in Squamate Evolution from Cretaceous Anguimorph Embryos.

Lizards are remarkable amongst amniotes, for they display a unique mosaic of reproduction modes ranging from egg-laying to live-bearing. Within this patchwork, geckoes are believed to represent the only group to ever have produced fully calcified rigid-shelled eggs, contrasting with the ubiquitous p...

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Main Authors: Vincent Fernandez, Eric Buffetaut, Varavudh Suteethorn, Jean-Claude Rage, Paul Tafforeau, Martin Kundrát
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4503689?pdf=render