Biology:Yantarogekko

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Short description: Extinct genus of lizards

Yantarogekko
Temporal range: 55.8–33.9 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Genus: Yantarogekko
Bauer et al., 2005
Species:
Y. balticus
Binomial name
Yantarogekko balticus
Bauer et al., 2005

Yantarogekko is an extinct genus of gecko found trapped in Eocene-aged Baltic amber. While initially considered to be the oldest known member of Gekkonidae,[1] the remains, which consist of the anterior half of a body lacking a skeleton, have been considered by some scholars to be too fragmentary to assign to any modern gecko family.[2]

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. Bauer, A M (2019-07-01). "Gecko Adhesion in Space and Time: A Phylogenetic Perspective on the Scansorial Success Story". Integrative and Comparative Biology 59 (1): 117–130. doi:10.1093/icb/icz020. ISSN 1540-7063. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q20675252 entry