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DOI	10.7717/peerj.9092
	Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa-first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt
	Georgalis, Georgios L.1; Gawad, Mohamed K. Abdel 2; Hassan, Safiya M.3; El-Barkooky, Ahmed N.2; Hamdan, Mohamed A.2
通讯作者	Georgalis, Georgios L.
来源期刊	PEERJ
ISSN	2167-8359
出版年	2020
卷号	8
英文摘要	Lizard and snake remains from the early Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Moghra Formation, Egypt, are described herein. This material comprises the first fossil remains of squamates recovered from the otherwise rich and well known vertebrate assemblage of Moghra. The material pertains to two different genera, the varanid lizard Varanus and the pythonid snake Python and adds to the so far rather poorly known squamate fossil record from Africa. On the basis of the new remains, Moghra marks the oldest so far described co-occurrence of Varanus and Python in the African continent. The close sympatry of these two genera in the African fossil record is thoroughly analyzed and discussed, a co-existence, which is still widespread in the extant herpetofauna of the continent. Situated rather close to the so called Levantine Corridor'' and dated at the Burdigalian, practically when Afro-Arabia collided with Eurasia, the Moghra squamate assemblage offers the potential of important insights in the biogeography and dispersal events of vertebrate groups during the early Miocene.
英文关键词	Lizards Snakes Neogene Biogeography Sympatry Africa
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Italy ; Egypt
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold, Green Accepted
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000535145500006
WOS关键词	PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATE FAUNA ; LOWER OLIGOCENE ; MIDDLE MIOCENE ; WADI-MOGHARA ; VARANIDAE ; EVOLUTION ; LIZARDS ; EOCENE ; REPTILES ; LOCALITY
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/319160
作者单位	1.Univ Turin, Dept Earth Sci, Turin, Italy; 2.Cairo Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Giza, Egypt; 3.Beni Suef Univ, Fac Sci, Geol Dept, Bani Suwayf, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Georgalis, Georgios L.,Gawad, Mohamed K. Abdel,Hassan, Safiya M.,et al. Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa-first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt[J],2020,8.
APA	Georgalis, Georgios L.,Gawad, Mohamed K. Abdel,Hassan, Safiya M.,El-Barkooky, Ahmed N.,&Hamdan, Mohamed A..(2020).Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa-first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt.PEERJ,8.
MLA	Georgalis, Georgios L.,et al."Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa-first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt".PEERJ 8(2020).