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ArticleNature2025

The oldest known lepidosaur and origins of lepidosaur feeding adaptations.

Daniel Marke, David I Whiteside, Thitiwoot Sethapanichsakul, Robert A Coram, Vincent Fernandez, Alexander Liptak, Elis Newham, Michael J Benton

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Daniel MarkeSchool of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. dan_marke@hotmail.co.uk.ORCID 0009-0007-6709-1399
David I WhitesideSchool of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1619-747X
Thitiwoot SethapanichsakulSchool of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5739-4774
Robert A CoramSchool of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Vincent FernandezEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8315-1458
Alexander LiptakDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1597-4193
Elis NewhamSchool of Engineering and Materials Science and Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3365-3943
Michael J BentonSchool of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. mike.benton@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-4323-1824

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Lepidosauria is the most species-rich group of land-dwelling vertebrates. The group includes around 12,000 species of lizards and snakes (Squamata) and one species of Rhynchocephalia, the tuatara Sphenodon punctatus from New Zealand

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalBiological EvolutionFeeding BehaviorFossilsReptilesAnimalsLizardsPhylogenySkullSnakes

Identifiers

PMID40931068
PMCPMC12629995

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