Tikiguania and the antiquity of squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes)

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 665-669

  Hutchinson, Mark N ^a,b,c   Skinner, Adam ^a,b   Lee, Michael S Y ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Chamaeleonidae; Palaeontology; Phylogeny; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DATA SET; DATING METHOD; LIZARD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; TERTIARY; TRIASSIC;

INDIA;

AGAMIDAE; CHAMAELEONIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84862488709     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1216     Document Type: Article

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