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A Triassic stem lepidosaur illuminates the origin of lizard-like reptiles.
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- The Jurassic rise of squamates as supported by lepidosaur disparity and evolutionary rates.eLife · 2022Article
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Abstract
The early evolution of diapsid reptiles is marked by a deep contrast between our knowledge of the origin and early evolution of archosauromorphs (crocodiles, avian and non-avian dinosaurs) to that of lepidosauromorphs (squamates (lizards, snakes) and sphenodontians (tuataras)). Whereas the former include hundreds of fossil species across various lineages during the Triassic period
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