Literature DB >> 19656857

Miocene skinks and geckos reveal long-term conservatism of New Zealand's lizard fauna.

Michael S Y Lee1, Mark N Hutchinson, Trevor H Worthy, Michael Archer, Alan J D Tennyson, Jennifer P Worthy, R Paul Scofield.   

Abstract

The New Zealand (NZ) lizard fossil record is currently limited to late Quaternary remains of modern taxa. The St Bathans Fauna (early Miocene, southern South Island) extends this record to 19-16 million years ago (Myr ago). Skull and postcranial elements are similar to extant Oligosoma (Lygosominae) skinks and Hoplodactylus (Diplodactylinae) geckos. There is no evidence of other squamate groups. These fossils, along with coeval sphenodontines, demonstrate a long conservative history for the NZ lepidosaurian fauna, provide new molecular clock calibrations and contradict inferences of a very recent (less than 8 Myr ago) arrival of skinks in NZ.

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Year:  2009        PMID： 19656857      PMCID： PMC2827994          DOI： 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0440

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Biol Lett        ISSN： 1744-9561            Impact factor:   3.703


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4.  A sphenodontine (Rhynchocephalia) from the Miocene of New Zealand and palaeobiogeography of the tuatara (Sphenodon).

Authors:  Marc E H Jones; Alan J D Tennyson; Jennifer P Worthy; Susan E Evans; Trevor H Worthy
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2009-01-20       Impact factor: 5.349

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Journal:  Mol Phylogenet Evol       Date:  2009-04-02       Impact factor: 4.286

6.  Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards.

Authors:  Adam Skinner; Michael S Y Lee; Mark N Hutchinson
Journal:  BMC Evol Biol       Date:  2008-11-11       Impact factor: 3.260
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