The origin of squamates revealed by a Middle Triassic lizard from the Italian Alps
The origin of squamates revealed by a Middle Triassic lizard from the Italian Alps
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Modern squamates (lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians) are the world’s most diverse group of tetrapods along with birds
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and have a long evolutionary history, with the oldest known fossils dating from the Middle Jurassic period—168 million years ago
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–
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. The evolutionary origin of squamates is contentious because of several iss...
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The origin of squamates revealed by a Middle Triassic lizard from the Italian Alps
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2047924863
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2047924863
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/s41586-018-0093-3
