At the feet of the dinosaurs: The early history and radiation of lizards

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-551

  Evans, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Evolution; Fossils; Lepidosauria; Lizard; Mesozoic; Phylogeny; Skull morphology; Squamata

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTORY; INDIA; JURASSIC; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SKELETON; SKULL; TRIASSIC;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

DINOSAURIA; LEPIDOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 5444251195     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793103006134     Document Type: Review

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