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Table 1 Stratigraphic distribution of the Neogene and Quaternary lizards in the European fossil record

From: Fossil lizards and worm lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: an overview

Taxon

E Mio

M Mio

L Mio

E Plio

L Plio

E Plei

M Plei

L Plei

Holo

Agama/Agamidae

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  

Chamaeleo

x

x

      

x

Hemidactylus

      

x

x

x

Tarentola

    

cf.

x

x

x

x

Euleptes

x

x

cf.

      

Gerandogekko

x

 

x

      

Palaeogekko

 

x

       

Acanthodactylus

   

x

 

x

x

x

x

Amblyolacerta

x

x

?

      

Archaeolacerta

    

x

x

x

x

x

Dalmatolacerta

     

x

   

Edlartetia

cf.

x

x

      

Eremias

      

x

x

x

Janosikia

x

x

       

Lacerta

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Ligerosaurus

 

x

       

Maioricalacerta

     

x

   

Mediolacerta

x

        

Miolacerta

x

x

x

      

Ophisops

     

x

   

Podarcis

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Psammodromus

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Timon

     

x

x

x

x

Zootoca

   

x

x

x

x

x

x

Ablepharus

     

x

x

x

x

Bavariascincus

x

        

Chalcides

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Eumeces

x

aff.

       

Mabuya

aff.

x

 

cf.

 

x

   

Trachylepis

     

x

   

Tropidophorus

 

x

       

Bavaricordylus

x

x

       

Palaeocordylus

x

        

Hugueneysaurus

x

        

Anguis

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Ophisaurus

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

 

Pseudopus

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Ragesaurus

     

x

   

Glyptosaurinae

x

?

       

Gerrhonotinae

 

?

       

Shinisaurus

aff.

        

Merkurosaurus

x

        

Varanus

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

  

Sauromorus

x

        

Blanus

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Palaeoblanus

x

x

x

x

     

Omoiotyphlops

x

x

x

      
  1. E Mio early Miocene, E Plei Early Pleistocene, E Plio early Pliocene, Holo Holocene, L Mio late Miocene, L Plei Late Pleistocene, L Plio late Pliocene, M Mio middle Miocene, M Plei Middle Pleistocene