Early Miocene dispersal of the lizard Varanus into Europe: Reassessment of vertebral Material from Spain

• Autorzy: Delfino M. , Rage J.-C. , Bolet A. , Alba D. M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Iberovaranus Hoffstetter, 1969 was erected as a monotypic genus of varanine varanid lizard on the basis of a single trunk vertebra from the Miocene of Spain. Thanks to the study of the holotype, as well as of a still undescribed cervical vertebra from the same locality, we show that the vertebral morphology of Iberovaranus is contained within the known variability of Varanus. Therefore, Iberovaranus Hoffstetter, 1969 is considered a subjective junior synonym of Varanus Merrem, 1820, and the species Iberovaranus catalaunicus Hoffstetter, 1969 should be considered a nomen dubium.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 58
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.731-735,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Delfino M.

• Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita degli Studi di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy
• Institut Catala de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona, Spain

autor

Rage J.-C.

• Centre de Recherches sur la Paleobiodiversite et les Paleoenvironnements, UMR 7207, CNRS, Departement Histoire de la Terre, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 38, 8, rue Buffon, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France

autor

Bolet A.

• Institut Catala de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona, Spain

autor

Alba D. M.

• Institut Catala de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB s/n, 08193 Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona, Spain

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