Fossil geckos

[gymnodactylus]

Below is a link to a new paper examining the phylogenetic relationships among several fossil lizards, including fossil geckos. It contains some pretty cool CT scans of an early Cretaceous gecko fossil.

Conrad, J. L. and M. A. Norell. 2006. High-resolution X-ray computed tomography of an Early Cretaceous gekkonomorph (Squamata) from Oosh (Ovorkhangai; Mongolia). Historical Biology, 2006; 1–27.

Conrad and Norell 2006

Tony

 

[SDPete]

Thanks for that! Looks like a good read... One to be printed out for sure.
-Peter

 

[shinisaur]

Hey, I'm glad you two found this paper. Note that we're revising the analysis some... We sampled gekkonids a little thinly.

I hope you enjoy the CT images. Please let me know if you have questions.

Jack L. Conrad

 

[camo]

your link is not working

 

[Bowfinger]

Interesting read, thank you.