Volume 132(1), pp. 3-15
Belgian Journal of Zoology - Volume 132(1), pp. 3-15
Marc Auge (1) (email for reprint) & Richard Smith (2)
(1) Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Paléontologie, 8 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
(2) Laekenveld 6, B-1780 Wemmel, Belgium
Nouveaux Lacertidae (Reptilia, Squamata) de l'Eocène inférieur européen
New Lacertid lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the lower european Eocene
(Full article is in French)
Marc Auge (1) (email for reprint) & Richard Smith (2)
(1) Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire de Paléontologie, 8 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France
(2) Laekenveld 6, B-1780 Wemmel, Belgium
Nouveaux Lacertidae (Reptilia, Squamata) de l'Eocène inférieur européen
New Lacertid lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the lower european Eocene
(Full article is in French)
Abstract:
The lower European Eocene localities Dormaal and Prémontré have yielded a rather diverse assemblage of lizards. Among them we recognize a new genus of lacertid lizard, Dormaalisaurus, represented by two species, D. girardoti and D. rossmanni. We undertook a cladistic analysis of the major extant taxa in the Lacertilia and the fossil genus Dormaalisaurus. Our results find Dormaalisaurus to be the sister-group of the extant Lacertidae.
Key words:Lacertidae, Lower Eocene, Europe, Systematics.
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