Glad to have contributed to this work lead by
Andrea Villa (ICP-CERCA) about a new new anguine lizard from the Miocene of Catalonia!
#paleontology #fossil #reptiles
Paper here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Press release:
www.icp.cat/index.php/en...
A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula) - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Post-Palaeogene anguids from Europe have been referred to three extant genera: Anguis, Ophisaurus s.l. (including Dopasia and Hyalosaurus), and Pseudopus. In recent years, a higher generic diversity h...
