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A juvenile lizard specimen with well-preserved skin impressions from the upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China

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作者Evans, S. E.; Wang, Y.; Evans, SE (reprint author), UCL, Dept Anat & Dev Biol, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, England.
刊名NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
出版日期2007-06-01
卷号94期号:6页码:431-439
关键词Lizard Late Jurassic Early Cretaceous China Scalation Ontogeny
ISSN号0028-1042
文献子类Article
英文摘要Lizards are now relatively well known from the Yixian Formation of northeastern China. In this study, we describe a juvenile lizard from a fossil horizon at Daohugou, Inner Mongolia. These beds predate the Yixian Formation, and are probably Late Jurassic or earliest Cretaceous in age. The new specimen thus documents the first lizard material from the Daohugou locality and is the earliest lizard skeleton from China. Comparisons with developmental stages of modern lizards suggest the Daohugou lizard is a hatchling. Although tiny, the specimen is notable in preserving exquisite skin impressions showing the variation in scalation across the body, the shape and position of the cloacal outlet, and details of the manus and pes. These are the earliest recorded lepidosaurian skin traces. In its general proportions and the possession of paired frontals, the small Daohugou lizard resembles both the Yixian taxon Yabeinosaurus tenuis and the questionable Jeholacerta formosa, but it differs from the latter in scalation and, based on other characters, may be distinct from both.; Lizards are now relatively well known from the Yixian Formation of northeastern China. In this study, we describe a juvenile lizard from a fossil horizon at Daohugou, Inner Mongolia. These beds predate the Yixian Formation, and are probably Late Jurassic or earliest Cretaceous in age. The new specimen thus documents the first lizard material from the Daohugou locality and is the earliest lizard skeleton from China. Comparisons with developmental stages of modern lizards suggest the Daohugou lizard is a hatchling. Although tiny, the specimen is notable in preserving exquisite skin impressions showing the variation in scalation across the body, the shape and position of the cloacal outlet, and details of the manus and pes. These are the earliest recorded lepidosaurian skin traces. In its general proportions and the possession of paired frontals, the small Daohugou lizard resembles both the Yixian taxon Yabeinosaurus tenuis and the questionable Jeholacerta formosa, but it differs from the latter in scalation and, based on other characters, may be distinct from both.
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WOS关键词SKELETON FORMATION ; NORTHEAST CHINA ; REPTILES ; AGE ; OSSIFICATION ; KINEMATICS ; PATTERNS ; SQUAMATA
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000246359000002
公开日期2013-11-27
源URL[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3356]  
专题古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
通讯作者Evans, SE (reprint author), UCL, Dept Anat & Dev Biol, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, England.
作者单位1.UCL, Dept Anat & Dev Biol, London WC1E 6BT, England
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
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Evans, S. E.,Wang, Y.,Evans, SE . A juvenile lizard specimen with well-preserved skin impressions from the upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China[J]. NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN,2007,94(6):431-439.
APA Evans, S. E.,Wang, Y.,&Evans, SE .(2007).A juvenile lizard specimen with well-preserved skin impressions from the upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China.NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN,94(6),431-439.
MLA Evans, S. E.,et al."A juvenile lizard specimen with well-preserved skin impressions from the upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China".NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 94.6(2007):431-439.

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