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NEW QUATERNARY TEIID (LEPIDOSAURIA, SQUAMATA) LIZARD REMAINS FROM GRUTA DO URSO, TOCANTINS, BRAZIL

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Author(s):
Hsiou, Annie Schmaltz ; Schubert, Blaine W. ; Winck, Gisele R. ; Onary-Alves, Silvio Yuji ; Avilla, Leonardo S.
Total Authors: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia; v. 19, n. 2, p. 233-242, MAY-AUG 2016.
Web of Science Citations: 4
Abstract

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. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/14080-0 - Cretaceous and Tertiary (Paleogene/Neogene) Squamates (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) from the Bauru, Aiuruoca and Acre basins: systematics, evolution and palaeoenvironments
Grantee:Annie Schmaltz Hsiou
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants