Late Triassic †Cryptovaranoides microlanius is a squamate, not an archosauromorph

†Cryptovaranoides microlanius from the latest Triassic of England was described in 2022 as a crown-clade squamate, of importance as the oldest such modern-type lizard, extending their temporal range downward by 35 Myr. This view was challenged in 2023, and †Cryptovaranoides was reinterpreted as an a...

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Main Authors: David I. Whiteside, Sofía A. V. Chambi-Trowell, Michael J. Benton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2024-11-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.231874
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