A gravid lizard from the Cretaceous of China and the early history of squamate viviparity

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 739-743

  Wang, Yuan ^a   Evans, Susan E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Cretaceous; Reptilia; Squamata; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIZARD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHINA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FOSSILS; LIZARDS; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

CHINA;

MAMMALIA; MOSASAUROIDEA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 80054971371     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0820-1     Document Type: Article

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