Abstract
The skull with lower jaw, scapulocoracoid, part of the femur, vertebrae, and a series of robust osteoscutes of the lizard Changetisaurus estesi gen. et sp. nov. (Changetisaurinae, subfam. nov., Dorsetisauridae) were found in the Callovian of Kyrgyzstan. An animal was referred to as primitive Anguimorpha and have some similarities to Paramacellodidae (Scincomorpha). Divergency of infraorders and suprafamilies of recent lizards took part before the Middle/Late Jurassic boundary, before the appearance of birds and many groups of dinosarus. -English summary
| Original language | Russian |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9-14 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | ВЕСТНИК САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА. СЕРИЯ 7: ГЕОЛОГИЯ, ГЕОГРАФИЯ |
| Volume | 3 |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 1992 |
Scopus subject areas
- Geology
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)