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First lizard remains (Teiidae) from the Miocene of Brazil (Solimões Formation)

2009; Volume: 12; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4072/rbp.2009.3.05

ISSN

2236-1715

Autores

Annie Schmaltz Hsiou, Adriana M. Albino, Jorge Ferigolo,

Tópico(s)

Turtle Biology and Conservation

Resumo

The South American Teiidae fossil record is restricted to the Cenozoic, and the most conspicuous remains were found in Early to Late Miocene of Argentina and Middle Miocene of Colombia and Peru, all represented by Tupinambinae lizards.Here, we describe a right fragmentary dentary and one dorsal vertebra collected in the Solimões Formation at the Talismã locality, situated on the Purus River, in the southwestern Brazilian Amazonia (Late Miocene).The material is tentatively conferred to the extinct genus Paradracaena.It represents the first record of lizards for the Neogene southwestern Brazilian Amazonia.

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