"New Quaternary Teiid (Lepidosauria, Squamata) Lizard Remains From Grut" by Annie Schmaltz Hsiou, Blaine W. Schubert et al.
 

New Quaternary Teiid (Lepidosauria, Squamata) Lizard Remains From Gruta Do Urso, Tocantins, Brazil

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Publication Date

5-1-2016

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Here we present teiid lizard fossils from Gruta do Urso, Aurora do Tocantins, Tocantins State, northern Brazil. We describe a left lower jaw of a "Cnemidophorinae" indet. and a right dentary attributed to Tupinambis sp. These materials share with extant Teiidae a heterodont dentition with subpleurodont tooth implantation, and are assigned to Teiinae and Tupinambinae based on dental characteristics. The paleofaunal assemblage from Gruta do Urso suggests a late Pleistocene/early Holocene age. These records add to our knowledge of the Quaternary fauna of northern Brazil.

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