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Lizard
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Lutetian
Messel Formation
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1972
Acquired by: Field Collection
Messel Pit
Darmstadt
Hessia
Germany
Taxonomy from Smith 2009.
Diagnosis from Smith 2005, p. 222: "Differs from G. longicaudus Kuhn, 1944 in lacking a strong ventral expansion of the coronoid and in having a clavicle whose ventromedial expansion is most extensive at the level of the clavicular fenestra rather than dorsolateral to it. Differs from G. grisolli Augé, 2005 in having a broader nasal spine of the premaxilla and a weaker and more rounded subdental shelf anteriorly on the dentary. Differs from G. lamandini (Filhol, 1877) in having a more restricted Meckelian groove, a more delicate anteromedial process of the coronoid, and distinct anterolateral and posterolateral processes of the coronoid."
Identified by Dr. Krister Smith, Senckenberg Research Institute.
References:
Smith, K. (2016) The squamation of the Eocene stem-basilisk Geiseltaliellus maarius (Squamata: Iguanidae: Corytophaninae) from Messel, Germany. SALAMANDRA 53(4) 519–530.
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