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Evidence of Egg Diversity in Squamate Evolution from Cretaceous Anguimorph Embryos
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SYSNO ASEP 0455914 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Evidence of Egg Diversity in Squamate Evolution from Cretaceous Anguimorph Embryos Author(s) Fernandez, V. (FR)
Buffetaut, E. (FR)
Suteethorn, V. (TH)
Rage, J. C. (FR)
Tafforeau, P. (FR)
Kundrát, Martin (FGU-C)Source Title PLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science - ISSN 1932-6203
Roč. 10, č. 7 (2015), e0128610Number of pages 20 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords squamates ; egg ; fossils ; cretaceous Subject RIV EA - Cell Biology R&D Projects GAP302/12/1207 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support FGU-C - RVO:67985823 UT WOS 000358197600009 EID SCOPUS 84941359529 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0128610 Annotation Lizards are remarkable amongst amniotes, for they display a unique mosaic of reproduction modes ranging from egg-laying to live-bearing. Within this patchwork, geckoes are believed to represent the only group to ever have produced fully calcified rigid-shelled eggs, contrasting with the ubiquitous parchment shelled-eggs observed in other lineages. However, this hypothesis relies only on observations of modern taxa and fossilised gecko-like eggshells which have never been found in association with any embryonic or parental remains. We report here the first attested fossil eggs of lizards from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand, combining hard eggshells with exquisitely preserved embryos of anguimoph (e.g. Komodo dragons, mosasaurs). These fossils shed light on an apparently rare reproduction strategy of squamates, demonstrate that the evolution of rigid-shelled eggs are not an exclusive specialization of geckoes, and suggest a high plasticity in the reproductive organs mineralizing eggshells Workplace Institute of Physiology Contact Lucie Trajhanová, lucie.trajhanova@fgu.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 400 Year of Publishing 2016
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