Lacertidae indet.

Vasilyan, Davit, Cernansky, Andrej, Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Moers, Thomas, 2022, Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany, Fossil Record 25 (1), pp. 99-145 : 99

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/fr.25.83781

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scientific name

Lacertidae indet.
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Lacertidae indet.

Fig. 12A, B View Figure 12

Material.

Right dentary HLMD-Ez 1992.

Description.

Dentary: The description is based on a right dentary that represents the anterior section (Fig. 12A, B View Figure 12 ). The specimen bears 13 tooth positions with nine teeth still attached. However, its posterior region is broken off and the real tooth number is undoubtedly higher. The preserved portion of the dentary is more-or-less robust, anteroposteriorly elongated. The bone gradually narrows anteriorly. In dorsal view, its anterior portion has a small medial curvature. The otherwise smooth lateral surface is pierced by several labial foramina located in the mid-portion of the bone (five are preserved). In medial view, the Meckel`s groove is narrow, entirely open and gradually widens posteriorly. The subdental shelf is medially protruded and robust, especially in the anterior region. It narrows posteriorly because of the presence of the splenial articulation facet. The symphysis is rectangular.

Dentition.

The tooth implantation is pleurodont. The teeth are conical and high. They are bicuspid with a dominant distal cusp and smaller accessory mesial cusp. However, the anteriormost dentary teeth are monocuspid, becoming bicuspid starting from the sixth to seventh tooth position. The lingual aspect of the tooth crowns has very fine vertical striations, and the tooth necks bulge slightly medially, with small interdental gaps.

Kingdom

Animalia

Order

Squamata

Family

Lacertidae