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- Title
A New Eocene Casquehead Lizard (Reptilia, Corytophanidae) from North America.
- Authors
Conrad, Jack L.
- Abstract
A new fossil showing affinities with extant Laemanctus offers the first clear evidence for a casquehead lizard (Corytophanidae) from the Eocene of North America. Along with Geiseltaliellus from roughly coeval rocks in central Europe, the new find further documents the tropical fauna present during greenhouse conditions in the northern mid-latitudes approximately 50 million years ago (Ma). Modern Corytophanidae is a neotropical clade of iguanian lizards ranging from southern Mexico to northern South America.
- Subjects
NORTH America; EOCENE paleobotany; CORYTOPHANIDAE; GREENHOUSE effect; BIOLOGICAL research
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2015, Vol 10, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0127900