The first fossil pygopod (Squamata, Gekkota), and a review of mandibular variation in living species

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 355-366

  Hutchinson, Mark N ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fossils; Lizards; Miocene; Osteology; Pygopods

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MIOCENE; OSTEOLOGY; PYGOPOD; REPTILE; TOOTH;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031473364     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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