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The early Cretaceous lizard genus Yabeinosaurus from China: Resolving an enigma

Susan E. Evans Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, England E-mail: [email protected]
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Yuan Wang Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi‐Zhi‐Men‐Wai St, P.O.Box 643, Beijing, 100044, China
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Chun Li Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi‐Zhi‐Men‐Wai St, P.O.Box 643, Beijing, 100044, China
Pages 319-335 | Published online: 09 Mar 2010

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Lida Xing, Kecheng Niu, Donghao Wang, Bruce M. Rothschild & Susan E. Evans. (2021) Palaeopathology in a Cretaceous terrestrial lizard from China. Historical Biology 33:9, pages 1731-1735.
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JuanD. Daza, VladimirR. Alifanov & AaronM. Bauer. (2012) A redescription and phylogenetic reinterpretation of the fossil lizard Hoburogekko suchanovi Alifanov, 1989 (Squamata, Gekkota), from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32:6, pages 1303-1312.
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SusanE. Evans & Yuan Wang. (2010) A new lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) with exquisite preservation of soft tissue from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8:1, pages 81-95.
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Juan D. Daza, Andrew A. Rock & Edward L. Stanley. (2023) The palatal gland of dibamid lizards. The Anatomical Record.
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Caizhi Shen, Rodrigo V. Pêgas, Chunling Gao, Martin Kundrát, Lijun Zhang, Xuefang Wei & Xuanyu Zhou. (2021) A new specimen of Sinopterus dongi (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, China) . PeerJ 9, pages e12360.
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Lida Xing, Kechung Niu, Rod S. Taylor & Susan E. Evans. (2020) Integumentary remains and abdominal contents in the Early Cretaceous Chinese lizard, Yabeinosaurus (Squamata), demonstrate colour banding and a diet including crayfish. Cretaceous Research 108, pages 104320.
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Liping Dong, Yuan Wang, Lijie MouGuoze ZhangSusan E. Evans. (2019) A new Jurassic lizard from China. Geodiversitas 41:16, pages 623.
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Zuohuan Qin, Dangpeng XiZhongye ShiYankang XuFeng WeiZhiqiang YuBaoxu WuXiaoqiao Wan. (2019) Lagerstätte fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of the Pingquan Basin, North China: stratigraphical correlation and palaeoenvironmental implications. Lethaia 52:3, pages 335-349.
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Jingmai O’Connor, Xiaoting Zheng, Liping Dong, Xiaoli Wang, Yan Wang, Xiaomei Zhang & Zhonghe Zhou. (2019) Microraptor with Ingested Lizard Suggests Non-specialized Digestive Function. Current Biology 29:14, pages 2423-2429.e2.
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Mateusz Tałanda. (2018) An exceptionally preserved Jurassic skink suggests lizard diversification preceded fragmentation of Pangaea. Palaeontology 61:5, pages 659-677.
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Jack L Conrad. (2018) A new lizard (Squamata) was the last meal of Compsognathus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and is a holotype in a holotype. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183:3, pages 584-634.
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Terri J. Cleary, Roger B. J. Benson, Susan E. Evans & Paul M. Barrett. (2018) Lepidosaurian diversity in the Mesozoic–Palaeogene: the potential roles of sampling biases and environmental drivers. Royal Society Open Science 5:3, pages 171830.
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Tiago R. Simões, Michael W. Caldwell, Luiz C. Weinschütz, Everton Wilner & Alexander W. A. Kellner. (2017) Mesozoic Lizards from Brazil and Their Role in Early Squamate Evolution in South America. Journal of Herpetology 51:3, pages 307-315.
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Liping Dong, Yuan Wang & Susan E. Evans. (2017) A new lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China, with a taxonomic revision of Yabeinosaurus. Cretaceous Research 72, pages 161-171.
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ARNAU BOLET & SUSAN E. EVANS. (2012) A tiny lizard (Lepidosauria, Squamata) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Palaeontology 55:3, pages 491-500.
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Susan E. Evans & Yuan Wang. (2012) New material of the Early Cretaceous lizard Yabeinosaurus from China. Cretaceous Research 34, pages 48-60.
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Yuan Wang & Susan E. Evans. (2011) A gravid lizard from the Cretaceous of China and the early history of squamate viviparity. Naturwissenschaften 98:9, pages 739-743.
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Arnau Bolet & Susan E. Evans. (2010) A new lizard from the Early Cretaceous of Catalonia (Spain), and the Mesozoic lizards of the Iberian Peninsula. Cretaceous Research 31:4, pages 447-457.
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