The first known fossil Uma: ecological evolution and the origins of North American fringe-toed lizards
Abstract 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 sa...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1501-5 |