Yantarogekko

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Yantarogekko

Extinct genus of lizards


Yantarogekko is an extinct genus of gecko known from a single specimen found in Baltic amber from the Eocene Prussian Formation of Kaliningrad, Russia.[1] The remains consist of the anterior half of a body with partially preserved limbs (including preserved toe pads on one limb), lacking a skeleton.[2] While considered in its initial description to be a member of the family Gekkonidae,[1] the limited nature of known remains combined with its morphology not closely resembling any living family of geckos make it impossible to assign it any more precisely than Gekkonoidea.[3]

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References

  1. Bauer, Aaron M.; Böhme, Wolfgang; Weitschat, Wolfgang (2005). "An Early Eocene gecko from Baltic amber and its implications for the evolution of gecko adhesion". Journal of Zoology. 265 (4): 327–332. doi:10.1017/S0952836904006259. ISSN 0952-8369.
  2. Daza, Juan D.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Snively, Eric D. (March 2014). "On the Fossil Record of the Gekkota: Gekkotan Fossil Record". The Anatomical Record. 297 (3): 433–462. doi:10.1002/ar.22856. PMID 24482344.

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