Mesozoic and Cenozoic squamates of Europe

JC Rage - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2013 - Springer
Squamates first appeared in Europe in the Middle Jurassic. They were lizards that already
included some crown-group members. Faunas of the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous …

Phylogenomics reveals rapid, simultaneous diversification of three major clades of Gondwanan frogs at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary

YJ Feng, DC Blackburn, D Liang, DM Hillis… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - pnas.org
Frogs (Anura) are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates and comprise nearly 90% of
living amphibian species. Their worldwide distribution and diverse biology make them well …

Chronostratigraphic synthesis of the latest Cretaceous dinosaur turnover in south-western Europe

V Fondevilla, V Riera, B Vila, AG Sellés… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
In south-western Europe, the uppermost Cretaceous continental deposits in the different
sedimentary basins of Iberia (Portugal and north and central Spain), the Pyrenees (Spain …

Island life in the Cretaceous-faunal composition, biogeography, evolution, and extinction of land-living vertebrates on the Late Cretaceous European archipelago

Z Csiki-Sava, E Buffetaut, A Ősi… - ZooKeys, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Late Cretaceous was a time of tremendous global change, as the final stages of the Age
of Dinosaurs were shaped by climate and sea level fluctuations and witness to marked …

The biota of the upper Cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain)

F Ortega, N Bardet, F Barroso-Barcenilla, PM Callapez… - 2015 - digital.csic.es
The Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) fossil site of Lo Hueco was recently
discovered close to the village of Fuentes (Cuenca, Spain) during the cutting of a little hill for …

A new crocodylian from the Late Maastrichtian of Spain: implications for the initial radiation of crocodyloids

E Puértolas, JI Canudo, P Cruzado-Caballero - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background The earliest crocodylians are known primarily from the Late Cretaceous of
North America and Europe. The representatives of Gavialoidea and Alligatoroidea are …

The eusuchian crocodylomorph Allodaposuchus subjuniperus sp. nov., a new species from the latest Cretaceous (upper Maastrichtian) of Spain

E Puértolas-Pascual, JI Canudo… - Historical …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This paper describes the skull of the eusuchian Allodaposuchus subjuniperus sp. nov. This
new skull was recovered between the villages of Beranuy and Serraduy del Pon (Huesca …

Theropod dinosaurs from the upper cretaceous of the south pyrenees basin of Spain

A Torices, PJ Currie, JI Canudo… - Acta Palaeontologica …, 2013 - BioOne
The dinosaur record in the South Pyrenees Basin is diverse and rich. A total of 142 theropod
teeth were studied for this paper, which constitutes one of the richest samples for these …

Lepidosaurian diversity in the Mesozoic–Palaeogene: the potential roles of sampling biases and environmental drivers

TJ Cleary, RBJ Benson, SE Evans… - Royal Society Open …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Lepidosauria is a speciose clade with a long evolutionary history, but there have been few
attempts to explore its taxon richness through time. Here we estimate patterns of terrestrial …

Late cretaceous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages from the Laño quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update

X Pereda Suberbiola, JC Corral, H Astibia Ayerra… - 2015 - docta.ucm.es
The vertebrate-bearing beds of the Laño quarry (Condado de Treviño) are among the most
relevant sites from the Late Cretaceous of Europe. Geologically, Laño and the adjacent …