Naming and rediagnosing the Cretaceous gekkonomorph (Reptilia, Squamata) from Öösh (Övörkhangai, Mongolia)

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to all those from AMNH and other institutions who have sought out and recovered Gobi fossils. Digital scans of Norellius nyctisaurops were performed at the University of Texas, Austin, HRXCT laboratory by J. A. Maisano and M. Colbert. We thank the Maisanos for hosting J.L.C. on his visits to Austin, Texas. For specimen access, we thank C. M. Mehling (AMNH, Paleontology), M. Borsuk-Białynicka (ZPAL), and D. Frost, D. Kizirian, R. Pascocello, and M. G. Arnold (AMNH, Herpetology). We thank A. M. Balcarcel and A. M. Bauer for comments on an earlier draft of the manuscript. The Department of Anatomy at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, and the Department of Biological Sciences and the Office of Research at Sam Houston State University supported this study.

Handling editor: Emily Rayfield.

Citation for this article: Conrad, J. L., and J. D. Daza. 2015. Naming and rediagnosing the Cretaceous gekkonomorph (Reptilia, Squamata) from Öösh (Övörkhangai, Mongolia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.980891.