Lizards are now relatively well known from the Jehol Group of northeastern China, seven taxa having been named from the group or equivalent horizons.
The Daohugou lizard (Squamata gen. et sp. indet., IVPP V 13747) in ventral view (WANG Yuan) |
Even allowing for immaturity, its proportions differ markedly from those of previously described Jehol Biota lizards. Comparison with modern lizards suggests the new Daohugou lizard may have been at least partly scansorial. Its phylogenetic placement is problematic given its immaturity and preservation, but skull characters and vertebral number preclude attribution to Iguania and it may be a scleroglossan.
The original paper was published in VERTEBRATAPALASIATICA 47(1):21-34
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