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ArticleRoyal Society open science2025

New monstersaur specimens from the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah reveal unexpected richness of large-bodied lizards in Late Cretaceous North America.

C Henrik Woolley, Joseph J W Sertich, Keegan M Melstrom, Randall B Irmis, Nathan D Smith

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

C Henrik WoolleyDinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4073-0089
Joseph J W SertichDepartment of Geosciences, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Keegan M MelstromDinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Randall B IrmisNatural History Museum of Utah, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Nathan D SmithDinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5554-4994

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monstersauria (Squamata, Anguimorpha) fossils are present in most Upper Cretaceous sedimentary basins in western North America, but despite almost a century of collection, their record remains extremely fragmentary. Here, we describe new material belonging to large-bodied monstersaurs, including a new taxon,

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biogeographyGrand Staircase–Escalante National MonumentLaramidiaMonstersauriaSquamata

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PMID40575444
PMCPMC12201607

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