A new Early Cretaceous lizard with well-preserved scale impressions from western Liaoning, China

A new small lizard, Liaoningolacerta brevirostra gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning is described in detail. The new specimen was preserved not only by the skeleton, but also by the exceptionally clear scale impressions. This lizard can be included within the taxon Scleroglossa based on its 26 or more presacrals, cruciform interclavicle with a large anterior process, moderately elongated pubis, and slightly notched distal end of tibia. The scales vary evidently in size and shape at different parts of body: small and rhomboid ventral scales, tiny and round limb scales, and large and longitudinally rectangular caudal scales that constitute the caudal whorls. This new finding provides us with more information on the lepidosis of the Mesozoic lizards.

作 者： JI Shu'an   作者單位： School of Earth and Space Sciences,Peking University,Beijing 100871,China  刊 名： 自然科學(xué)進(jìn)展（英文版）  SCI 英文刊名： PROGRESS IN NATURAL SCIENCE  年，卷(期)： 2005 15(2)  分類號： P5  關(guān)鍵詞： new genus   Squamata   skeleton   lepidosis   Early Cretaceous   western Liaoning  

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