2016 in reptile paleontology

• Twelve specimens of lizards (including stem-gekkotans, crown-agamids, a lacertid, a putative stem-chamaeleonid and squamates of uncertain phylogenetic placement, probably stem-squamates) are described from the Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian boundary) amber from Myanmar by Daza et al. (2016);{{Cite journal|author1=Juan D. Daza |author2=Edward L. Stanley |author3=Philipp Wagner |author4=Aaron M. Bauer |author5=David A. Grimaldi |year=2016 |title=Mid-Cretaceous amber fossils illuminate the past diversity of tropical lizards |journal=Science Advances |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=e1501080 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.1501080 |pmid=26973870 |pmc=4783129|bibcode=2016SciA....2E1080D}} however, the supposed stem-chamaeleonid is subsequently reinterpreted as an albanerpetontid amphibian by Matsumoto & Evans (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Ryoko Matsumoto |author2=Susan E. Evans |year=2018 |title=The first record of albanerpetontid amphibians (Amphibia: Albanerpetontidae) from East Asia |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=e0189767 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0189767 |pmid=29298317 |pmc=5752013 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1389767M|doi-access=free }}
• A study of almost 30 specimens of Polyglyphanodon sternbergi, including almost complete skeletons, is published by Simões et al. (2016), who report the discovery of previously unrecognized ontogenetic series, sexual dimorphism and a complete lower temporal bar in the skull of members of this species.{{Cite journal|author1=Tiago R. Simões |author2=Gregory F. Funston |author3=Behzad Vafaeian |author4=Randall L. Nydam |author5=Michael R. Doschak |author6=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2016 |title=Reacquisition of the lower temporal bar in sexually dimorphic fossil lizards provides a rare case of convergent evolution |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=6 |pages=Article number 24087 |doi=10.1038/srep24087 |pmid=27071447 |pmc=4829860|bibcode=2016NatSR...624087S}}
• New anatomical data on the Late Cretaceous lizard Slavoia darevskii is published by Tałanda (2016), who interprets it as a stem-amphisbaenian.{{Cite journal|author =Mateusz Tałanda |year=2016 |title=Cretaceous roots of the amphisbaenian lizards |journal=Zoologica Scripta |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1111/zsc.12138 |s2cid=85570915}}
• A study on the skull anatomy of the Eocene amphisbaenian Spathorhynchus fossorium is published by Müller, Hipsley & Maisano (2016).{{Cite journal|author1=Johannes Müller |author2=Christy A. Hipsley |author3=Jessica A. Maisano |year=2016 |title=Skull osteology of the Eocene amphisbaenian Spathorhynchus fossorium (Reptilia, Squamata) suggests convergent evolution and reversals of fossorial adaptations in worm lizards |journal=Journal of Anatomy |volume=229 |issue=5 |pages=615–630 |doi=10.1111/joa.12513 |pmid=27329946|pmc=5068452}}
• A study on mosasaur tooth implantation and its phylogenetic implications is published by Liu et al. (2016).{{Cite journal|author1=Min Liu |author2=David A. Reed |author3=Giancarlo M. Cecchini |author4=Xuanyu Lu |author5=Karan Ganjawalla |author6=Carol S. Gonzales |author7=Richard Monahan |author8=Xianghong Luan |author9=Thomas G. H. Diekwisch |year=2016 |title=Varanoid tooth eruption and implantation modes in a Late Cretaceous mosasaur |journal=Frontiers in Physiology |volume=7 |pages=Article 145 |doi=10.3389/fphys.2016.00145 |pmid=27242535 |pmc=4869606|doi-access=free }}
• A redescription of the mosasaur Hainosaurus bernardi Dollo (1885) is published by Jimenez-Huidobro & Caldwell (2016), who transfer this species to the genus Tylosaurus and synonymize genera Tylosaurus and Hainosaurus.{{Cite journal|author1=Paulina Jimenez-Huidobro |author2=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2016 |title=Reassessment and reassignment of the early Maastrichtian mosasaur Hainosaurus bernardi Dollo, 1885, to Tylosaurus Marsh, 1872 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=e1096275 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2016.1096275 |bibcode=2016JVPal..36E6275J |s2cid=87315531}}
• A revision of the species assigned to the mosasaur genus Tylosaurus is published by Jiménez-Huidobro, Simões & Caldwell (2016);{{Cite journal|author1=Paulina Jiménez-Huidobro |author2=Tiago R. Simões |author3=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2016 |title=Re-characterization of Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Cope, 1874) and Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart, 2005: Ontogeny or sympatry? |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=65 |pages=68–81 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.04.008|bibcode=2016CrRes..65...68J }} their conclusion that T. kansasensis is a junior synonym of T. nepaeolicus is subsequently rejected by Stewart & Mallon (2018).{{Cite journal|author1=Robert F. Stewart |author2=Jordan C. Mallon |year=2018 |title=Allometric growth in the skull of Tylosaurus proriger (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and its taxonomic implications |journal=Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology |volume=6 |pages=75–90 |doi=10.18435/vamp29339 |s2cid=91370191 |url=https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/29339|doi-access=free }}
• Early Miocene chamaeleonid fossils, including a specimen tentatively attributed to the species Chamaeleo cf. andrusovi Čerňanský (2010), previously known only from the early Miocene of the Czech Republic, are described from the Aliveri locality (Euboea, Greece) by Georgalis, Villa & Delfino (2016).{{Cite journal|author1=Georgios L. Georgalis |author2=Andrea Villa |author3=Massimo Delfino |year=2016 |title=First description of a fossil chamaeleonid from Greece and its relevance for the European biogeographic history of the group |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=103 |issue=1–2 |pages=12 |doi=10.1007/s00114-016-1336-5 |pmid=26820299 |bibcode=2016SciNa.103...12G |s2cid=14299869 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/259441/files/geo_fdf.pdf}}
• Lizard fossils which might be the oldest known chameleon fossils from India are described from the Miocene Nagri Formation by Sankhyan & Čerňanský (2016).{{Cite journal|author1=Anek R. Sankhyan |author2=Andrej Čerňanský |year=2016 |title=A first possible chameleon from the late Miocene of India (the hominoid site of Haritalyangar): a tentative evidence for an Asian dispersal of chameleons |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=103 |issue=11–12 |pages=94 |doi=10.1007/s00114-016-1419-3 |pmid=27796428 |bibcode=2016SciNa.103...94S |s2cid=16508393}}

• Lee et al. (2016) examine the limb anatomy of Tetrapodophis amplectus, which according to the authors is suggestive of aquatic habits.{{Cite journal|author1=Michael S.Y. Lee |author2=Alessandro Palci |author3=Marc E.H. Jones |author4=Michael W. Caldwell |author5=James D. Holmes |author6=Robert R. Reisz |year=2016 |title=Aquatic adaptations in the four limbs of the snake-like reptile Tetrapodophis from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=66 |pages=194–199 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.06.004|bibcode=2016CrRes..66..194L }}
• A redescription of the Cenomanian snake Simoliophis rochebrunei on the basis of new fossil material from France is published by Rage, Vullo & Néraudeau (2016).{{Cite journal|author1=Jean-Claude Rage |author2=Romain Vullo |author3=Didier Néraudeau |year=2016 |title=The mid-Cretaceous snake Simoliophis rochebrunei Sauvage, 1880 (Squamata: Ophidia) from its type area (Charentes, southwestern France): Redescription, distribution, and palaeoecology |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=58 |pages=234–253 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.010|bibcode=2016CrRes..58..234R }}
• Smith & Scanferla (2016) describe a juvenile specimen of Palaeopython fischeri from the Eocene Messel pit with preserved stomach contents, including a specimen of the stem-basilisk species Geiseltaliellus maarius, which in turn preserves an unidentified insect in its stomach.{{Cite journal|author1=Krister T. Smith |author2=Agustín Scanferla |year=2016 |title=Fossil snake preserving three trophic levels and evidence for an ontogenetic dietary shift |journal=Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |volume=96 |issue=4 |pages=589–599 |doi=10.1007/s12549-016-0244-1 |s2cid=88869050|hdl=11336/47618 |hdl-access=free }}
• McNamara et al. (2016) describe pigment cells responsible for coloration and patterning preserved in a fossil skin of a colubrid snake from the Late Miocene Libros Lagerstätte (Teruel, Spain).{{Cite journal|author1=Maria E. McNamara |author2=Patrick J. Orr |author3=Stuart L. Kearns |author4=Luis Alcalá |author5=Pere Anadón |author6=Enrique Peñalver |year=2016 |title=Reconstructing Carotenoid-Based and Structural Coloration in Fossil Skin |journal=Current Biology |volume=26 |issue=8 |pages=1075–1082 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.02.038 |pmid=27040775|s2cid=3831969|doi-access=free |hdl=10468/11873 |hdl-access=free }}
• New fossil material of the viperid Laophis crotaloides is described from Greece by Georgalis et al. (2016).{{Cite journal|author1=Georgios L. Georgalis |author2=Zbigniew Szyndlar |author3=Benjamin P. Kear |author4=Massimo Delfino |year=2016 |title=New material of Laophis crotaloides, an enigmatic giant snake from Greece, with an overview of the largest fossil European vipers |journal=Swiss Journal of Geosciences |volume=109 |issue=1 |pages=103–116 |doi=10.1007/s00015-016-0210-y |s2cid=132817081 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/261105/files/geo_nml.pdf}}

• A study of taxonomic richness, disparity and evolutionary rates of ichthyosaurs throughout the Cretaceous period is published by Fischer et al. (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Valentin Fischer |author2=Nathalie Bardet |author3=Roger B. J. Benson |author4=Maxim S. Arkhangelsky |author5=Matt Friedman |year=2016 |title=Extinction of fish-shaped marine reptiles associated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility |journal=Nature Communications |volume=7 |pages=Article number 10825 |doi=10.1038/ncomms10825 |pmid=26953824 |pmc=4786747|bibcode=2016NatCo...710825F}}
• A restudy of "Platypterygius" campylodon is published by Fischer (2016), who transfers this species to the genus Pervushovisaurus.{{cite journal |author=Valentin Fischer |year=2016 |title=Taxonomy of Platypterygius campylodon and the diversity of the last ichthyosaurs |journal=PeerJ |volume=4 |pages=e2604 |doi=10.7717/peerj.2604 |pmid=27781178 |pmc=5075704 |doi-access=free }}
• A revision of the ichthyosaur material of the British Middle and Late Jurassic referable to Ophthalmosaurus icenicus is published by Moon & Kirton (2016).{{Cite journal|author1=Benjamin C. Moon |author2=Angela M. Kirton |year=2016 |title=Ichthyosaurs of the British Middle and Upper Jurassic. Part 1 - Ophthalmosaurus |journal=Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society |volume=170 |issue=647 |pages=1–84 |doi=10.1080/02693445.2016.11963958 |hdl=1983/983f82bf-a391-4cbc-b313-1fc754017eef |s2cid=133288616 |url=https://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/en/publications/ichthyosaurs-of-the-british-middle-and-upper-jurassic-part-1--ophthalmosaurus(983f82bf-a391-4cbc-b313-1fc754017eef).html|hdl-access=free }}

• A study of the histology and microanatomy of the humeri of members of the genus Nothosaurus is published by Klein et al. (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Nicole Klein |author2=P. Martin Sander |author3=Anna Krahl |author4=Torsten M. Scheyer |author5=Alexandra Houssaye |year=2016 |title=Diverse Aquatic Adaptations in Nothosaurus spp. (Sauropterygia)—Inferences from Humeral Histology and Microanatomy |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11 |issue=7 |pages=e0158448 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0158448 |pmid=27391607 |pmc=4938232|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1158448K|doi-access=free }}
• A reassessment of fossils attributed to the genus Polyptychodon is published by Madzia (2016), who considers the type species of this genus, P. interruptus, to be nomen dubium, and the genus Polyptychodon to be a wastebasket taxon.{{cite journal |author=Daniel Madzia |year=2016 |title=A reappraisal of Polyptychodon (Plesiosauria) from the Cretaceous of England |journal=PeerJ |volume=4 |pages=e1998 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1998 |pmid=27190712 |pmc=4867712 |doi-access=free }}
• O'Gorman (2016) provides a new diagnosis for Fresnosaurus drescheri and describes additional plesiosaur material from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Moreno Formation (California, USA), which he interprets as representing the first aristonectine plesiosaur reported from the Northern Hemisphere.{{cite journal |author=José P. O'Gorman |year=2016 |title=Reappraisal of Fresnosaurus drescheri (Plesiosauria; Elasmosauridae) from the Maastrichtian Moreno Formation, California, USA |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=68 |pages=9–20 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2016.07.009|bibcode=2016CrRes..68....9O |hdl=11336/54627 |hdl-access=free }}
• A redescription of the holotype specimen of Brancasaurus brancai and a study on the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published by Sachs, Hornung & Kear (2016), who consider the species Gronausaurus wegneri to be a junior synonym of B. brancai.{{cite journal |author1=Sven Sachs |author2=Jahn J. Hornung |author3=Benjamin P. Kear |year=2016 |title=Reappraisal of Europe's most complete Early Cretaceous plesiosaurian: Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914 from the "Wealden facies" of Germany |journal=PeerJ |volume=4 |pages=e2813 |doi=10.7717/peerj.2813 |pmid=28028478 |pmc=5183163 |doi-access=free }}

• A study on the latitudinal gradients in species diversity of Mesozoic non-marine turtles is published by Nicholson et al. (2016).{{cite journal |author1=David B. Nicholson |author2=Patricia A. Holroyd |author3=Paul Valdes |author4=Paul M. Barrett |year=2016 |title=Latitudinal diversity gradients in Mesozoic non-marine turtles |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=3 |issue=11 |pages=160581 |doi=10.1098/rsos.160581 |pmid=28018649 |pmc=5180147 |bibcode=2016RSOS....360581N}}
• A study on the morphological diversity of the skulls of the fossil and recent turtles through time is published by Foth & Joyce (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Christian Foth |author2=Walter G. Joyce |year=2016 |title=Slow and steady: the evolution of cranial disparity in fossil and recent turtles |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |volume=283 |issue=1843 |pages=20161881 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2016.1881 |pmid=27903875 |pmc=5136591}}
• A study of the bone shell histology of Condorchelys antiqua and its implications for the lifestyle of the species is published by Cerda, Sterli & Scheyer (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Ignacio A. Cerda |author2=Juliana Sterli |author3=Torsten M. Scheyer |year=2016 |title=Bone shell microstructure of Condorchelys antiqua Sterli, 2008, a stem turtle from the Jurassic of Patagonia |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=15 |issue=1–2 |pages=128–141 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2015.01.004|bibcode=2016CRPal..15..128C |doi-access=free |hdl=11336/46091 |hdl-access=free }}
• A study of the bone histology of shell elements of the Late Cretaceous—Paleocene chelid Yaminuechelys is published by Jannello, Cerda & de la Fuente (2016).{{cite journal |author =Juan Marcos Jannello |author2=Ignacio A. Cerda |author3=Marcelo S. de la Fuente |year=2016 |title=Shell bone histology of the long-necked chelid Yaminuechelys (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the late Cretaceous—early Palaeocene of Patagonia with comments on the histogenesis of bone ornamentation |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=103 |issue=3–4 |pages=26 |doi=10.1007/s00114-016-1346-3 |pmid=26931610 |bibcode=2016SciNa.103...26J |s2cid=16491882|hdl=11336/59515 |hdl-access=free }}
• A review of the fossil record, taxonomy and diagnostic features of the fossil species belonging to the genus Chelus is published by Ferreira et al. (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Gabriel S. Ferreira |author2=Ascanio D. Rincón |author3=Andrés Solórzano |author4=Max C. Langer |year=2016 |title=Review of the fossil matamata turtles: earliest well-dated record and hypotheses on the origin of their present geographical distribution |journal=The Science of Nature |volume=103 |issue=3–4 |pages=28 |doi=10.1007/s00114-016-1355-2 |pmid=26940060 |bibcode=2016SciNa.103...28F |s2cid=6055673}}
• Fossils of Plesiochelys etalloni and Tropidemys langii, otherwise known from the Kimmeridgian of the Swiss and French Jura Mountains, are described from the British Kimmeridge Clay by Anquetin & Chapman (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Jérémy Anquetin |author2=Sandra D. Chapman |year=2016 |title=First report of Plesiochelys etalloni and Tropidemys langii from the Late Jurassic of the UK and the palaeobiogeography of plesiochelyid turtles |journal=Royal Society Open Science |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=150470 |doi=10.1098/rsos.150470 |pmid=26909172 |pmc=4736927 |bibcode=2016RSOS....350470A}}
• An emended diagnosis of Testudo catalaunica and a study of phylogeny of extinct members of the genus Testudo is published by Luján et al. (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Àngel H. Luján |author2=Massimo Delfino |author3=Josep M. Robles |author4=David M. Alba |year=2016 |title=The Miocene tortoise Testudo catalaunica Bataller, 1926, and a revised phylogeny of extinct species of genus Testudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=178 |issue=2 |pages=312–342 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12414|s2cid=87918498 |doi-access=free }}
• Giant tortoise fossils collected from the late Miocene-early Pliocene Mehrten Formation (California, USA) are identified as belonging to members of the species Hesperotestudo orthopygia by Biewer et al. (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Jacob Biewer |author2=Julia Sankey |author3=Howard Hutchison |author4=Dennis Garber |year=2016 |title=A fossil giant tortoise from the Mehrten Formation of Northern California |journal=PaleoBios |volume=33 |pages=1–13 |url=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2vf0k82q}}

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• A skull of a juvenile specimen of Delorhynchus cifellii is described from the Richards Spur locality (Oklahoma, United States) by Haridy et al. (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Yara Haridy |author2=Mark J. Macdougall |author3=Diane Scott |author4=Robert R. Reisz |year=2016 |title=Ontogenetic Change in the Temporal Region of the Early Permian Parareptile Delorhynchus cifellii and the Implications for Closure of the Temporal Fenestra in Amniotes |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11 |issue=12 |pages=e0166819 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0166819 |pmid=27907071|pmc=5132164 |bibcode=2016PLoSO..1166819H|doi-access=free }}
• A revision of the systematics of the Chinese pareiasaurs is published by Benton (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Michael J. Benton |year=2016 |title=The Chinese pareiasaurs |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=177 |issue=4 |pages=813–853 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12389 |hdl=1983/6d1a4f9b-a768-4b86-acb1-b3ad1f7ee885 |url=https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/77198685/s1_ln21200820537599137_1939656818Hwf_302809818IdV173725880221200820PDF_HI0001.compressed.pdf}}
• A study of evolution of body size of the carnivorous and herbivorous members of Captorhinidae is published by Brocklehurst (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Neil Brocklehurst |year=2016 |title=Rates and modes of body size evolution in early carnivores and herbivores: a case study from Captorhinidae |journal=PeerJ |volume=4 |pages=e1555 |doi=10.7717/peerj.1555 |pmid=26793424 |pmc=4715457 |doi-access=free }}
• Surmik et al. (2016) describe nothosaurid and tanystropheid bones from the Triassic of Poland preserving blood-vessel-like structures enclosing organic molecules.{{cite journal |author1=Dawid Surmik |author2=Andrzej Boczarowski |author3=Katarzyna Balin |author4=Mateusz Dulski |author5=Jacek Szade |author6=Barbara Kremer |author7=Roman Pawlicki |display-authors=3 |year=2016 |title=Spectroscopic studies on organic matter from Triassic reptile bones, Upper Silesia, Poland |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=e0151143 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0151143 |pmid=26977600 |pmc=4792425|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1151143S|doi-access=free }}
• Two new specimens of Atopodentatus unicus are described by Chun et al. (2016), providing new information on the skull anatomy of this species and indicating that its rostrum, rather than being downturned as originally assumed, developed a hammerhead-like shape.{{cite journal |author1=Li Chun |author2=Olivier Rieppel |author3=Cheng Long |author4=Nicholas C. Fraser |year=2016 |title=The earliest herbivorous marine reptile and its remarkable jaw apparatus |journal=Science Advances |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages=e1501659 |doi=10.1126/sciadv.1501659 |pmid=27386529 |pmc=4928886|bibcode=2016SciA....2E1659C}}
• Description of new material of Hemilopas mentzeli from the Middle Triassic of Silesia (Poland) and a study of the phylogenetic relationships of the species is published by Surmik (2016).{{cite journal |author=Dawid Surmik |year=2016 |title=Hemilopas mentzeli, an enigmatic marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of Poland revisited |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=282 |issue=2 |pages=209–223 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2016/0614}}
• Description of the anatomy of partially articulated forelimbs and isolated forelimb bones of Drepanosaurus recovered from the Late Triassic (Norian) Hayden Quarry (Chinle Formation) of New Mexico, USA is published by Pritchard et al. (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Adam C. Pritchard |author2=Alan H. Turner |author3=Randall B. Irmis |author4=Sterling J. Nesbitt |author5=Nathan D. Smith |year=2016 |title=Extreme Modification of the Tetrapod Forelimb in a Triassic Diapsid Reptile |journal=Current Biology |volume=26 |issue=20 |pages=2779–2786 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.084 |pmid=27693141|s2cid=31510483|doi-access=free }}
• A study on the femoral and tibial histology of the rhynchosaur Stenaulorhynchus stockleyi is published by Werning & Nesbitt (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Sarah Werning |author2=Sterling J. Nesbitt |year=2016 |title=Bone histology and growth in Stenaulorhynchus stockleyi (Archosauromorpha: Rhynchosauria) from the Middle Triassic of the Ruhuhu Basin of Tanzania |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=15 |issue=1–2 |pages=163–175 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2015.03.004|bibcode=2016CRPal..15..163W |s2cid=82928048 }}
• A study on the maximum body size and distribution of the reptile species known to have gone extinct during the last 50,000 years, as well as the role played by these factors in recent reptile extinction events, is published by Slavenko et al. (2016).{{cite journal |author1=Alex Slavenko |author2=Oliver J. S. Tallowin |author3=Yuval Itescu |author4=Pasquale Raia |author5=Shai Meiri |year=2016 |title=Late Quaternary reptile extinctions: size matters, insularity dominates |journal=Global Ecology and Biogeography |volume=25 |issue=11 |pages=1308–1320 |doi=10.1111/geb.12491 |url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/158007/1/Late%20Quaternary%20reptile%20extinctions_removed.pdf}}

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