An assemblage of early Oligocene lizards (Squamata) from the locality of Boutersem (Belgium), with comments on the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-170

  AugÉ, Marc ^a   Smith, Richard ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecology; Eocene Oligocene boundary; Evolution; Extinction; Geography; Lizards; Palaeobiogeography; Taxa

Indexed keywords

ANGUIDAE; IGUANIDAE; LACERTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PLATYNOTA; SCINCOIDEA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 58149359235     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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