An exceptional fossil lizard from the Jurassic period

Arnau Bolet

doi:10.1038/d41586-022-03364-6

An exceptional fossil lizard from the Jurassic period

Arnau Bolet

School of Earth Sciences

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Abstract

Lizards and snakes belong to the highly successful group of reptiles called squamates, but a poor fossil record has obscured their early evolutionary history. A discovery now sheds light on this enigmatic portion of the tree of life.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	36-37
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	611
Issue number	7934
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03364-6
Publication status	Published - 26 Oct 2022

Keywords

Animals
Fossils
Lizards/anatomy & histology
Biological Evolution
Phylogeny

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An exceptional fossil lizard from the Jurassic period

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