Anguimorph lizards (Squamata, Anguimorpha) from the Middle and Late Eocene of the Hampshire Basin of southern England

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-129

  Klembara, Jozef ^a   Green, Bryony ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguinae; Glyptosaurinae; Integument; Palaeogene; Skeleton; Varanoidea

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; OLIGOCENE; TYPE LOCALITY;

ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGUIDAE; ANGUIMORPHA; APODUS; OPHISAURUS; SQUAMATA; VARANOIDEA;

EID: 78650142879     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772011003603531     Document Type: Article

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