Agamid lizards from the Plio-Pleistocene of Sardinia (Italy) and an overview of the European fossil record of the family

Geodiversitas

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 641-656

  Delfino, Massimo ^a   Kotsakis, Tassos ^b   Arca, Marisa ^c   Tuveri, Caterinella ^c   Pitruzzella, Gaetano ^a   Rook, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Ufficio Operativo di Nuoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agama; Agamidae; Anthropochorous fauna; Faunal dispersals; Lacertilia; Laudakia stellio; Lizard biogeography; Monte Tuttavlsta Orosei; Uromastyx

Indexed keywords

AGAMA; AGAMIDAE; LACERTILIA; LAUDAKIA; LAUDAKIA STELLIO; SQUAMATA; UROMASTYX;

EID: 54249089279     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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