Dr Andrej Čerňanský

@article{Čerňanský2025,

title = {The first cranial material of \textit{Varanus} from the Miocene of India},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Rajeev Patnaik},

doi = {10.1002/ar.25676},

issn = {1932-8494},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-04-29},

urldate = {2025-04-29},

journal = {The Anatomical Record},

pages = {1-8},

publisher = {Wiley},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We here report on the maxilla of <jats:italic>Varanus</jats:italic> from a site D1 exposed near Haritalyangar and dated to the Late Miocene (~9.03 mya). This find represents the first Miocene cranial element of varanids from India. All the previously reported records of these iconic reptiles are based solely on isolated vertebrae. Thus, there is a complete lack of knowledge about the skull features of these lizards in this evolutionarily and biogeographically interesting region. Moreover, the fossil record of varanids is rather sparse throughout Asia. The discovery of the first cranial material sheds more light on the population of these lizards in India during the Miocene. Although the maxilla from Haritalyangar is an important piece of the puzzle, only new finds of other cranial elements can help to resolve the exact taxonomy of these Miocene forms. In any case, the maxilla seems to be different from today's common Indian <jats:italic>Varanus bengalensis</jats:italic>, being more similar to <jats:italic>Varanus salvator</jats:italic>, but also to several other species of <jats:italic>Varanus</jats:italic>. The occurrence of this thermophilic reptile taxon at this site suggests a mean annual temperature not less than around 15°C in this area during the Late Miocene.</jats:p>},

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@article{Loréal2024,

title = {\textit{Pseudopus pannonicus} (Squamata), the largest known anguid lizard—Redescription of the type material and new specimens from the Neogene and Quaternary of Hungary and Poland},

author = {Erwan Loréal and Georgios L. Georgalis and Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.1002/ar.25525},

issn = {1932-8494},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

urldate = {2025-01-01},

journal = {The Anatomical Record},

volume = {308},

number = {1},

pages = {45--113},

publisher = {Wiley},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Herein, we revise the material of the extinct taxon <jats:italic>Pseudopus pannonicus</jats:italic> from Central Europe, the largest known anguid lizard and iconic member of herpetofaunas from the Upper Cenozoic of Europe. The geographical position of Polgárdi 2, the type locality of <jats:italic>P</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pannonicus</jats:italic>, as well as several other closely located important localities make Central Europe a valuable area of high interest for studies regarding European Cenozoic palaeoherpetological assemblages. We clarified the nature of the type material of <jats:italic>Pseudopus pannonicus</jats:italic>, showing that it consisted not only of the five specimens originally figured. Instead, the syntype series also includes a considerable number of specimens from Polgárdi 2 that were only described or figured 12 years after the original description of <jats:italic>P</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pannonicus</jats:italic>. Detailed osteological descriptions are provided for specimens from the type series and Polish specimens, with the aid of high‐resolution imaging (SEM and μCT scanning), and intraspecific variability is discussed. The articular surface with the lappet of the parietal overlapping the frontal is discussed as a character potentially relevant for the diagnosis of <jats:italic>P</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pannonicus</jats:italic>. We updated the identification of several specimens of <jats:italic>P</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pannonicus</jats:italic> and discussed the biogeographic implications of such revisions. In Poland, <jats:italic>P</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pannonicus</jats:italic> is an abundant component of Neogene and early Quaternary herpetofaunas, known with certainty from the Middle Miocene of Przeworno (the oldest known occurrence of the species globally), the Early–Late Pliocene of Węże I, the Late Pliocene of Rębielice Królewskie I, the Late Pliocene of Węże II, and the Early Pleistocene of Kadzielnia (one of the youngest occurrences documented globally). An indeterminate anguine with <jats:italic>Anguis</jats:italic> affinities is newly reported from Rębielice Królewskie II. The taxonomic status of other large anguids from the Neogene of Europe is discussed and we conclude that most are junior synonyms of <jats:italic>P</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pannonicus</jats:italic>. We also show that another purported synonym, that is, <jats:italic>Ophisaurus intermedius</jats:italic> from the Early Pleistocene of Romania, is instead a nomen nudum. We conducted phylogenetic analyses (18 taxa, 65 characters) to understand the relationship of <jats:italic>P</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>pannonicus</jats:italic> relative to other anguid representatives and anguid‐related group (i.e., glyptosaurids). A single most parsimonious tree (length: 134 steps) was recovered. The clade <jats:italic>Pseudopus</jats:italic> is stable, comprising the two distinct sister subclades [<jats:italic>Pseudopus laurillardi</jats:italic> + <jats:italic>Pseudopus ahnikoviensis</jats:italic>] and [<jats:italic>Pseudopus pannonicus</jats:italic> + <jats:italic>Pseudopus apodus</jats:italic>]. These phylogenetic results are in accordance with previously published works.</jats:p>},

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@article{ČERŇANSKÝ2024e,

title = {The first lacertid and partly articulated snake from the Middle Miocene of the Devínska Kobyla Hill in Slovakia, from the type locality of the earliest known seal},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a24},

issn = {1777-571X},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-09-26},

urldate = {2024-09-26},

journal = {Comptes Rendus Palevol},

volume = {23},

number = {24},

publisher = {Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle},

abstract = {<jats:p>I here describe lacertid and snake remains from the classic Middle Miocene (MN 6) locality Bonanza of the Devínska Kobyla Hill near Bratislava (Slovakia). The locality is famous for being a type locality of an early seal Devinophoca Koretsky & Holec, 2002. During the Middle Miocene, the area of Devínska Nová Ves was part of an archipelago in the western part of the Central Paratethys in the northern part of the Vienna basin. The fossils described here comprise an incomplete left maxilla of a lacertid lizard and an articulated portion of a vertebral column of a small colubrid snake with several ribs still attached. The maxilla is tentativelly allocated here to Lacerta Linnaeus, 1758 and is a rare instance of the occurrence of the clade Lacertidae Oppel, 1811 in this environment during the Middle Miocene. Moreover, it represents the oldest known occurence of this clade in Slovakia. Articulated snake specimens from the Cenozoic are rare and although only party articulated, the specimen from Bonanza is therefore exceptional. On the basis of vertebrae alone, determination of fossil colubrids is very difficult. The morphology of the Bonanza specimen is most similar to the extant Dolichophis Gistel, 1868, as also to other small fossil snakes assigned to ‘Coluber’ Linnaeus, 1758 when that genus was a catch-all grade taxon recognised from both Europe and North America, notably ‘Coluber’ dolnicensis Szyndlar, 1987 and ‘Coluber’ pouchetii (Rochebrune, 1880). Because the potentially closest living relative of the European Miocene ‘Coluber’ is Dolichophis, I assigned tentatively the material from Bonanza to cf. Dolichophis, rather than to the wastebasket taxon ‘Coluber’.</jats:p>},

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@article{Čerňanský2024b,

title = {Timing of intercontinental faunal migrations: Anguimorph lizards from the earliest Eocene (MP 7) of Dormaal, Belgium},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Richard Smith and Thierry Smith and Annelise Folie},

doi = {10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae082},

issn = {1096-3642},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-08-09},

urldate = {2024-08-09},

journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society},

volume = {201},

number = {4},

publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>

               <jats:p>Here we report on anguimorph lizards from the earliest Eocene (MP 7) of the Dormaal locality in Belgium, from the time of the warmest global climate of the past 66 million years. Several clades can be identified in this site: Glyptosauridae, Varanidae, and Palaeovaranidae. Our study focuses on glyptosaurid specimens previously reported from the site, some of which had been provisionally described as a new species,?Placosaurus ragei, and some assigned to an unnamed Placosauriops-like ‘melanosaurine’. Our study presents data on new material, including an almost complete glyptosaurine frontal that has enabled us to assign much of the previously described material to a single genus and species. The specimens that had been assigned to both ?P ragei and the ‘melanosaurine’ share apomorphies (flat osteoderms and chevron-shaped osteoderms) with Gaultia, a glyptosaurid previously known from the earliest Eocene of Wyoming, USA. The Dormaal material represents the first record of this genus outside North America. In fact, the only potential evidence of the occurrence of ‘Melanosaurinae’ in Dormaal might be a single isolated vertebra described here. Here we also describe previously unfigured material of Saniwa and palaeovaranids from Dormaal. The presence of previously reported helodermatids cannot be supported in this Belgian site.</jats:p>},

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@article{Čerňanský2024c,

title = {Green lizards (Squamata, Lacertidae) from ?Pliocene deposits of Węże I in southern Poland, with comments on cranial features for selected lacertids},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.1007/s12549-024-00619-0},

issn = {1867-1608},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-08-06},

urldate = {2024-08-06},

journal = {Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>I here describe lacertids from the classic Węże I locality in southern Poland (?Pliocene deposits) based on six previously undescribed jaws: an incomplete left maxilla, two dentaries and three mandibles. These jaws collectively provide considerable data on the morphology of the maxilla, dentary, teeth, coronoid, splenial, angular, surangular and prearticular. All six jaws can be unequivocally allocated to Lacertidae and five of those are allocated to European green lizards of the <jats:italic>Lacerta viridis</jats:italic> group. Currently, <jats:italic>La. viridis</jats:italic> has regionally extinct or probably extinct status in Poland. The material from Węże I provides evidence that European green lizards had a large geographic distribution in Europe, including Poland during the ?Pliocene. One mandible fragment appears to be slightly different and is allocated to Lacertidae indet. That mandible might point to a higher taxonomic diversity of lacertids in this locality. However, that interpretation needs to be viewed with caution, because based on such limited material, individual and/or ontogenetic variation cannot be ruled out. To reveal the real taxonomic palaeodiversity of lacertids in Węże I, new and more complete cranial material is needed. In addition, this article provides insights into the comparative osteology of skulls and selected cranial elements in lacertids.</jats:p>},

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@article{Kvaček2023,

title = {Early Cretaceous Equisetites from Slovakia},

author = {Jiří Kvaček and Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.1007/s12549-023-00596-w},

issn = {1867-1608},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-06-01},

urldate = {2024-06-01},

journal = {Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments},

volume = {104},

number = {2},

pages = {237--243},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A new find of terrestrial plant <jats:italic>Equisetites</jats:italic> cf. <jats:italic>lyellii</jats:italic> is reported from the Early Cretaceous of Slovakia. It comes from the Mráznica Formation of the Rajec Basin in Fatricum, Zbyňov locality, Rajecké Teplice (Žilina district). The presence of a 53 mm long horsetail axis provides good evidence of terrestrial environments during sedimentation of the studied strata. According to our interpretation, such a plant strongly indicates a moist to wet habitat (even swampy environments) on the presumed dryland from where it was transported. This dryland could represent an isolated unknown small island(s) in the vicinity, or the Vindelician-Bohemian Massif that was active as a dryland for the entire period of time from the Triassic through the Late Cretaceous. However, the exact palaeogeographic position of the Fatricum during the Mesozoic in relation to the Vindelician Landmass is not entirely clear, and such an interpretation needs a bit of caution.</jats:p>},

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@article{Čerňanský2024d,

title = {Roots of the European Cenozoic ecosystems: lizards from the Paleocene (~MP 5) of Walbeck in Germany},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Davit Vasilyan},

doi = {10.3897/fr.27.109123},

issn = {2193-0074},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-03-21},

urldate = {2024-03-21},

journal = {Fossil Record},

volume = {27},

number = {1},

pages = {159--186},

publisher = {Pensoft Publishers},

abstract = {<jats:p>We studied at least part of Kuhnʼs original material of lizards from the Paleocene (~MP 5) of the Walbeck locality in Germany. The collection was considered to be lost but is consistently discussed in the literature due to its importance. We restudied the type material of aff. <jats:italic>Parasauromalus paleocenicus</jats:italic> and aff. <jats:italic>Glyptosaurus walbeckensis</jats:italic> described by Kuhn in 1940. The former was originally allocated to Iguania, the latter to Anguimorpha, though later on these identifications were questioned by several authors. We show such a classification of both cannot be upheld. <jats:italic>P. paleocenicus</jats:italic> resembles the morphology of lacertids showing their presence in Europe already around MP 5. We consider the name <jats:italic>P. paleocenicus</jats:italic> as a nomen dubium. The material of aff. <jats:italic>G. walbeckensis</jats:italic> was later suggested to belong to Lacertidae and also considered as a potential amphisbaenian. Although it differs from modern amphisbaenians, it shares features with one supposed polyodontobaenid – <jats:italic>Camptognathosaurus parisiensis</jats:italic>. The Walbeck form is identical to this species. Since the Walbeck taxon was described in 1940, the principle of priority makes <jats:italic>Camptognathosaurus parisiensis</jats:italic> a junior synonym of the species erected by Kuhn. We propose a new combined name for this form, <jats:italic>Camptognathosaurus walbeckensis</jats:italic> comb. nov. The specimen figured by Kuhn is currently lost, thus we designate a neotype from Walbeck. However, this taxon differs significantly from <jats:italic>Polyodontobaena</jats:italic> and new data doubt the attribution of <jats:italic>Camptognathosaurus</jats:italic> to Amphisbaenia. This taxon is tentatively assigned here to Lacertidae, as further confirmed by phylogenetic analyses. Material of Scincoidea is also described.</jats:p>},

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@article{Čerňanský2023,

title = {An early Eocene pan-gekkotan from France could represent an extra squamate group that survived the K-Pg extinction},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Juan Daza and Rodolphe Tabuce and Elizabeth Saxton and Dominique Vidalenc},

doi = {10.4202/app.01083.2023},

issn = {0567-7920},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-11-13},

urldate = {2023-00-00},

journal = {Acta Palaeontologica Polonica},

volume = {68},

publisher = {Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)},

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@article{Čerňanský2023b,

title = {New lizard material from two Early Miocene localities in France: Montaigu-le-Blin (MN 2) and Crémat (MN 3)},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.1016/j.geobios.2023.06.007},

issn = {0016-6995},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-10-01},

urldate = {2023-10-00},

journal = {Geobios},

volume = {80},

pages = {15--28},

publisher = {Elsevier BV},

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@article{Yadav2023,

title = {The first potential cordyliform (Squamata, Scincoidea) from India (uppermost Cretaceous – lowermost Paleocene): An African lizard clade brings possible implications for Indo-Madagascar biogeographic links},

author = {Ravi Yadav and Sunil Bajpai and A.S. Maurya and Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105606},

issn = {0195-6671},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-10-01},

urldate = {2023-10-00},

journal = {Cretaceous Research},

volume = {150},

publisher = {Elsevier BV},

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@article{Čerňanský2022c,

title = {A replacement name for \textit{Sullivania} Čerňanský et al., 2023, non \textit{Sullivania} Palmer, 1947},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Rodolphe Tabuce and Dominique Vidalenc},

doi = {10.1080/02724634.2023.2231254},

issn = {1937-2809},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-07-24},

urldate = {2023-07-24},

journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology},

volume = {42},

number = {6},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

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@article{Čerňanský2022b,

title = {Anguimorph lizards from the lower Eocene (MP 10–11) of the Cos locality, Phosphorites du Quercy, France, and the early evolution of Glyptosaurinae in Europe},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Rodolphe Tabuce and Dominique Vidalenc},

doi = {10.1080/02724634.2023.2211646},

issn = {1937-2809},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-06-01},

urldate = {2022-11-25},

journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology},

volume = {42},

number = {5},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

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@article{Čerňanský2022,

title = {Iguanian lizards (Acrodonta and Pleurodonta) from the earliest Eocene (MP 7) of Dormaal, Belgium: the first stages of these iconic reptiles in Europe},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Richard Smith and Thierry Smith and Annelise Folie},

doi = {10.1080/02724634.2023.2184696},

issn = {1937-2809},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-03-20},

urldate = {2022-10-28},

journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology},

volume = {42},

number = {4},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

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@article{Loréal2023,

title = {The easternmost record of the largest anguine lizard that has ever lived – Pseudopus pannonicus (Squamata, Anguidae): new fossils from the late Neogene of Eastern Europe},

author = {Erwan Loréal and Elena V. Syromyatnikova and Igor G. Danilov and Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.3897/fr.26.100059},

issn = {2193-0074},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-03-01},

urldate = {2023-03-01},

journal = {Fossil Record},

volume = {26},

number = {1},

pages = {51--84},

publisher = {Pensoft Publishers},

abstract = {<jats:p>We here report on new material of <jats:italic>Pseudopus pannonicus</jats:italic>, the iconic and largest-known representative of the lizard clade Anguinae, from several late Neogene localities across Moldova, Ukraine, and regions of the North Caucasus – the last representing the easternmost known occurrence of this extinct species. Today, <jats:italic>Pseudopus apodus</jats:italic>, the last extant <jats:italic>Pseudopus</jats:italic> representative, is found in a variety of habitats ranging from South-East Europe to Central Asia. In the late Cenozoic of Europe, however, several extinct species of <jats:italic>Pseudopus</jats:italic> existed. Among them, interestingly, <jats:italic>P. pannonicus</jats:italic> displayed the largest spatiotemporal range of the genus, occurring from Spain to the North Caucasus and known from the Late Miocene to the Early Pleistocene. Although it has been reported in a plethora of European localities, <jats:italic>P. pannonicus</jats:italic> is a taxon “with several questionings related to its few diagnostic features vs. numerous features shared with <jats:italic>P. apodus</jats:italic>”. The elements described here exhibit some variability, but their overall morphology undoubtedly resembles that of previously described material of <jats:italic>P. pannonicus</jats:italic>. The lacrimal from Tatareshty, moreover, represents the first fossil lacrimal reported for <jats:italic>P. pannonicus</jats:italic>. Besides, the fairly complete maxilla with a length of almost 3.7 cm is the largest maxilla ever reported for this taxon, expanding our knowledge of its gigantism. In addition, several features are described and discussed regarding their diagnostic relevance for <jats:italic>P. pannonicus</jats:italic>. The relationship between body size and some of these features was tested statistically. Consequently, two cranial characters and one vertebral feature peculiar to <jats:italic>P. pannonicus</jats:italic> were retained in the diagnosis of the species.</jats:p>},

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@article{Georgalis2022,

title = {The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia},

author = {Georgios L. Georgalis and Andrej Čerňanský and Fikret Göktaş and Berna Alpagut and Ayşegül Şarbak and Serdar Mayda},

doi = {10.1080/02724634.2022.2160644},

issn = {1937-2809},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-27},

urldate = {2022-08-31},

journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology},

volume = {42},

number = {2},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

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@article{Singh2022,

title = {Fossil lizards and snakes (Diapsida, Squamata) from the Late Miocene hominid locality of Haritalyangar, India},

author = {Ningthoujam Premjit Singh and Shubham Deep and Andrej Čerňanský and Ramesh Kumar Sehgal and Abhishek Pratap Singh and Navin Kumar and Piyush Uniyal and Saroj Kumar and Kewal Krishan and Rajeev Patnaik},

doi = {10.1016/j.geobios.2022.10.003},

issn = {0016-6995},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-12-01},

urldate = {2022-12-00},

journal = {Geobios},

volume = {75},

pages = {41--51},

publisher = {Elsevier BV},

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@article{Čerňanský2022d,

title = {A new Early Cretaceous lizard in Myanmar amber with exceptionally preserved integument},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Edward L. Stanley and Juan D. Daza and Arnau Bolet and J. Salvador Arias and Aaron M. Bauer and Marta Vidal-García and Joseph J. Bevitt and Adolf M. Peretti and Nyi Nyi Aung and Susan E. Evans},

doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-05735-5},

issn = {2045-2322},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-12-01},

urldate = {2022-12-00},

journal = {Sci Rep},

volume = {12},

number = {1},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We here report on a well-preserved juvenile lizard specimen in Albian amber (ca. 110 mya) from the Hkamti site (Myanmar). This new taxon is represented by an articulated skull and the anterior portion of the trunk, including the pectoral girdle and forelimbs. The scleral ossicles and eyelid are also visible, and the specimen exhibits pristine detail of the integument (of both head and body). In a combined molecular and morphological analysis, it was consistently recovered as a scincoid lizard (Scinciformata), as sister to<jats:italic>Tepexisaurus</jats:italic> + Xantusiidae. However, the phylogenetic position of the new taxon should be interpreted with caution as the holotype is an immature individual. We explored the possibility of miscoding ontogenetically variable characters by running alternative analyses in which these characters were scored as missing data for our taxon. With the exception of one tree, in which it was sister to Amphisbaenia, the specimen was recovered as a Pan-xantusiid. Moreover, we cannot rule out the possibility that it represents a separate lineage of uncertain phylogenetic position, as it is the case for many Jurassic and Cretaceous taxa. Nonetheless, this fossil offers a rare opportunity to glimpse the external appearance of one group of lizards during the Early Cretaceous.</jats:p>},

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@article{Yadav2022,

title = {Fossil lizards from the Deccan intertrappean beds (latest Cretaceous / earliest Paleocene) of lower Narmada basin, Malwa Plateau, India},

author = {Ravi Yadav and Sunil Bajpai and A.S. Maurya and Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.1080/08912963.2022.2103693},

issn = {1029-2381},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-07-24},

urldate = {2023-09-02},

journal = {Historical Biology},

volume = {35},

number = {9},

pages = {1564--1573},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

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@article{Singh2021b,

title = {A new window to the fossil herpetofauna of India: amphibians and snakes from the Miocene localities of Kutch (Gujarat)},

author = {Ningthoujam Premjit Singh and Rajeev Patnaik and Andrej Čerňanský and K Milankumar Sharma and Nongmaithem Amardas Singh and Deepak Choudhary and Ramesh Kumar Sehgal},

doi = {10.1007/s12549-021-00515-x},

issn = {1867-1608},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-06-01},

urldate = {2022-06-00},

journal = {Palaeobio Palaeoenv},

volume = {102},

number = {2},

pages = {419--435},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2022e,

title = {A new gecko from the earliest Eocene of Dormaal, Belgium: a thermophilic element of the ‘greenhouse world’},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Juan D. Daza and Richard Smith and Aaron M. Bauer and Thierry Smith and Annelise Folie},

doi = {10.1098/rsos.220429},

issn = {2054-5703},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-06-01},

urldate = {2022-06-00},

journal = {R. Soc. open sci.},

volume = {9},

number = {6},

publisher = {The Royal Society},

abstract = {<jats:p>We here describe a new gekkotan lizard from the earliest Eocene (MP 7) of the Dormaal locality in Belgium, from the time of the warmest global climates of the past 66 million years (Myr). This new taxon, with an age of 56 Myr, together with indeterminate gekkotan material reported from Silveirinha (Portugal, MP 7) represent the oldest Cenozoic gekkotans known from Europe. Today gekkotan lizards are distributed worldwide in mainly warm temperate to tropical areas and the new gecko from Dormaal represents a thermophilic faunal element. Given the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum at that time, the distribution of this group in such northern latitudes (above 50° North – the latitude of southern England) is not surprising. Although this new gekkotan is represented only by a frontal (further, dentaries and a mandibular fragment are described here as Gekkota indet. 1 and 2—at least two gekkotan species occurred in Dormaal), it provides a new record for squamate diversity from the earliest Eocene ‘greenhouse world’. Together with the Baltic amber gekkotan<jats:italic>Yantarogekko balticus</jats:italic>, they document the northern distribution of gekkotans in Europe during the Eocene. The increase in temperature during the early Eocene led to a rise in sea level, and many areas of Eurasia were submerged. Thus, the importance of this period is magnified by understanding future global climate change.</jats:p>},

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}

@article{Vasilyan2022,

title = {Amphibian and reptilian fauna from the early Miocene of Echzell, Germany},

author = {Davit Vasilyan and Andrej Čerňanský and Zbigniew Szyndlar and Thomas Mörs},

doi = {10.3897/fr.25.83781},

issn = {2193-0074},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-05-10},

urldate = {2022-05-10},

journal = {foss-rec},

volume = {25},

number = {1},

pages = {99--145},

publisher = {Pensoft Publishers},

abstract = {<jats:p>The present study describes a rich amphibian and reptilian assemblage from the early Miocene locality Echzell, Germany. It consists of one allocaudate, five salamander, five frog, one gecko, chamaeleonids, anguine lizards, one lacertid, one skink and five snake taxa. The entire herpetofauna of Echzell is represented by genera and/or families very broadly known from the early Miocene of Europe. Contrary to other early Miocene herpetofaunas, the Echzell assemblage includes surprisingly only one form of crocodile-newts (<jats:italic>Chelotriton</jats:italic>). The Echzell<jats:italic>Palaeobatrachus robustus</jats:italic>represents the youngest record of the species and extends its stratigraphic range to the late early Miocene. Regarding chameleons, the frontal is partly preserved, but represents the first described frontal of the extinct species<jats:italic>Chamaeleo andrusovi</jats:italic>. The only anguine lizard that can be identified in the assemblage is represented by a new genus and species<jats:italic>Smithosaurus echzellensis.</jats:italic>Our phylogenetic analyses consistently recovered it as the sister taxon to either [<jats:italic>Ophisauriscus quadrupes</jats:italic>+<jats:italic>Ophisaurus holeci</jats:italic>] + [<jats:italic>Anguis</jats:italic>+<jats:italic>Ophisaurus</jats:italic>] (in the first analysis) or [<jats:italic>Anguis</jats:italic>+<jats:italic>Ophisaurus</jats:italic>] (in the second analysis). However, the results are based on limited fossil material – the parietal – and the support for the clade is very low. Thus, the interpretation of the<jats:italic>Smithosaurus</jats:italic>relationship among anguines needs to be taken with caution and has to be tested in further studies. Among snakes,<jats:italic>Natrix longivertebrata</jats:italic>represents the oldest record of the species and extends the stratigraphic range of this fossil snake back to the early Miocene. In addition, we provide here a broader comparison of the Echzell amphibian and reptilian assemblage with their European records for the MN3 and MN4 biostratigraphical units. Besides that, the entire herpetofauna of Echzell includes very broadly known early Miocene European forms. Remains of other groups of the same period such as Bufonidae, Hylidae, Pelodytidae, Amphisbaenia, Varanidae, Cordylidae,<jats:italic>Pseudopus</jats:italic>, are not found in the material available to us. We also conclude that the amphibian and reptilian fossil record across MN3–MN4 is significantly biased by taphonomic and/or environmental conditions. The amphibian and reptilian assemblage of Echzell is rich in forms living in humid and warm environments with forested areas, permanent water bodies and also some open habitats. The following climatic parameters can be reconstructed based on the herpetofauna: a mean annual temperature of 17.4–28.8 °C, minimal warm month temperature 18–28.3 °C, minimal cold month temperature 8–22.2 °C, and mean annual precipitation with a value of 791±254 mm.</jats:p>},

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}

@article{Wazir2021,

title = {A find from the Ladakh Himalaya reveals a survival of madtsoiid snakes (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) in India through the late Oligocene},

author = {Wasim Abass Wazir and Ramesh Kumar Sehgal and Andrej Čerňanský and Rajeev Patnaik and Navin Kumar and Abhishek Pratap Singh and Piyush Uniyal and Ningthoujam Premjit Singh},

doi = {10.1080/02724634.2021.2058401},

issn = {1937-2809},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-05-03},

urldate = {2021-10-01},

journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology},

volume = {41},

number = {6},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2021,

title = {The Miocene fossil lizards from Kutch (Gujarat), India: a rare window to the past diversity of this subcontinent},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Ningthoujam Premjit Singh and Rajeev Patnaik and K. Milankumar Sharma and Raghavendra Prasad Tiwari and Ramesh Kumar Sehgal and Nongmaithem Amardas Singh and Deepak Choudhary},

doi = {10.1017/jpa.2021.85},

issn = {1937-2337},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-01-01},

urldate = {2022-01-00},

journal = {J. Paleontol.},

volume = {96},

number = {1},

pages = {213--223},

publisher = {Cambridge University Press (CUP)},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Miocene beds of Kutch in India are well known for their mammalian assemblages, including the extinct ape<jats:italic>Sivapithecus</jats:italic>, but far less is known about the fossil squamates from this area. Although India with its over 800 reptile species is recognized as one of the global biodiversity hotspots, knowledge of past diversity and paleobiogeography of squamates on this subcontinent is very limited. We here report on new lizard finds, which have been recovered from two stratigraphic levels: the older Palasava locality (dated to the middle Miocene, ca. 14 Ma) and the younger Tapar site (late Miocene, ca. 11–10 Ma). Although fragmentarily preserved, the material described here sheds important light on the composition and paleobiogeography of squamates during the Miocene in South Asia. The older Palasava locality contains cf.<jats:italic>Uromastyx</jats:italic>s.l. and<jats:italic>Varanus</jats:italic>sp., the latter representing the oldest record of this taxon in the region of India south of the Himalayas and its occurrence here suggests a mean annual temperature not less than 15°C. The material from the younger Tapar locality consists of an unidentified acrodontan lizard, here questionably placed in agamids, and a skink. The latter shows a resemblance to mabuyines, however, the fragmentary nature of the material does not allow a precise allocation without doubts. The cosmopolitan mabuyines have been suggested to have their origin in Asia, so the potential presence of mabuyines in the Tapar locality might represent the first, but putative, Asian evidence of the occurrence of this group in the Miocene.</jats:p>},

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pubstate = {published},

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}

@article{Sabol2021,

title = {Updated Miocene mammal biochronology of Slovakia},

author = {Martin Sabol and Peter Joniak and Melike Bilgin and Isaac Bonilla-Solomón and Florentin Cailleaux and Andrej Čerňanský and Veronika Malíková and Mária Šedivá and Csaba Tóth},

doi = {10.31577/geolcarp.72.5.5},

issn = {1336-8052},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-11-09},

urldate = {2021-11-09},

journal = {Geologica Carpathica},

volume = {72},

number = {5},

publisher = {Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Luján2021,

title = {Fossil turtles from the early Miocene localities of Mokrá-Quarry (Burdigalian, MN4), South Moravian Region, Czech Republic},

author = {Àngel H. Luján and Andrej Čerňanský and Isaac Bonilla-Salomón and Jakub Březina and Martin Ivanov},

doi = {10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a20},

issn = {1280-9659},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-10-01},

urldate = {2021-10-01},

journal = {Geodiversitas},

volume = {43},

number = {20},

publisher = {Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Bolet2021h,

title = {Unusual morphology in the mid-Cretaceous lizard Oculudentavis},

author = {Arnau Bolet and Edward L. Stanley and Juan D. Daza and J. Salvador Arias and Andrej Čerňanský and Marta Vidal-García and Aaron M. Bauer and Joseph J. Bevitt and Adolf Peretti and Susan E. Evans},

doi = {10.1016/j.cub.2021.05.040},

issn = {0960-9822},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-08-01},

urldate = {2021-08-00},

journal = {Current Biology},

volume = {31},

number = {15},

pages = {3303--3314.e3},

publisher = {Elsevier BV},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Georgalis2021,

title = {Osteological atlas of new lizards from the Phosphorites du Quercy (France), based on historical, forgotten, fossil material},

author = {Georgios L. Georgalis and Andrej Čerňanský and Jozef Klembara},

doi = {10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a9},

issn = {1280-9659},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-04-01},

urldate = {2021-04-01},

journal = {Geodiversitas},

volume = {43},

number = {9},

publisher = {Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2020j,

title = {The only complete articulated early Miocene chameleon skull (Rusinga Island, Kenya) suggests an African origin for Madagascar’s endemic chameleons},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Anthony Herrel and Job M. Kibii and Christopher V. Anderson and Renaud Boistel and Thomas Lehmann},

doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-57014-5},

issn = {2045-2322},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-12-01},

urldate = {2020-12-00},

journal = {Scientific Reports},

volume = {10},

number = {1},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We here present the first detailed study of the specimen KNM-RU 18340 from Rusinga Island (Kenya), the only known complete early Miocene chameleon skull, using micro-CT. This specimen represents one of the oldest chameleon fossils ever recovered. For the first time, the skull bone internal surfaces, their sutures, and elements contained inside the rocky matrix are observed. Our morphological comparisons and phylogenetic analyses place this specimen confidently in the genus<jats:italic>Calumma</jats:italic>and a new species,<jats:italic>Calumma benovskyi</jats:italic>sp. nov., is erected for it. Since all species of this genus are endemic to Madagascar, this fossil uniquely demonstrates the existence of<jats:italic>Calumma</jats:italic>on continental Africa in the past. Our results challenge the long-held view that chameleons originated on Madagascar and dispersed over water to Africa, and provide a strong evidence of an African origin for some Malagasy lineages. The Oligocene–early Miocene dispersal to Madagascar, using oceanic currents that favoured eastward dispersal at that time, is a highly supported scenario matching the suggested dispersal of lemurs to this island. This is consistent with a previously suggested hypothesis based on molecular data.</jats:p>},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Klembara2020d,

title = {Revision of the cranial anatomy of Ophisaurus acuminatus Jörg, 1965 (Anguimorpha, Anguidae) from the late Miocene of Germany},

author = {Jozef Klembara and Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a28},

issn = {1280-9659},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-12-01},

urldate = {2020-12-01},

journal = {Geodiversitas},

volume = {42},

number = {28},

publisher = {Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Daza2020d,

title = {Enigmatic amphibians in mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like ballistic feeders},

author = {Juan D. Daza and Edward L. Stanley and Arnau Bolet and Aaron M. Bauer and J. Salvador Arias and Andrej Čerňanský and Joseph J. Bevitt and Philipp Wagner and Susan E. Evans},

doi = {10.1126/science.abb6005},

issn = {1095-9203},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-11-06},

urldate = {2020-11-06},

journal = {Science},

volume = {370},

number = {6517},

pages = {687--691},

publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},

abstract = {<jats:title>Ancient amphibians preserved in amber</jats:title>

          <jats:p>

            Extant amphibians are represented by three fairly simple morphologies: the mostly hopping frogs and toads, the low-crawling salamanders, and the limbless caecilians. Until the early Pleistocene—and for more than 165 million years—there was another group, the albanerpetontids. We know little about this group because amphibian fossils are poorly preserved, and previous specimens from this group are both rare and mostly badly damaged. Daza

            <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic>

            describe a set of fossils preserved in amber showing that this group was unusual both in their habitat use (they may been climbers) and their feeding mode, which appears to have been convergent with the ballistic feeding now seen in chameleons (see the Perspective by Wake).

          </jats:p>

          <jats:p>

            <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic>

            , this issue p.

            <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6517" page="687" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="370" xlink:href="10.1126/science.abb6005">687</jats:related-article>

            ; see also p.

            <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6517" page="654" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="370" xlink:href="10.1126/science.abe7826">654</jats:related-article>

          </jats:p>},

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}

@article{Čerňanský2018d,

title = {The first record of amphisbaenian and anguimorph lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the upper Miocene Solnechnodolsk locality in Russia},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Elena V. Syromyatnikova and Daniel Jablonski},

doi = {10.1080/08912963.2018.1539973},

issn = {1029-2381},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-08-08},

urldate = {2020-08-08},

journal = {Historical Biology},

volume = {32},

number = {7},

pages = {869--879},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Ivanov2020,

title = {Early Miocene squamate assemblage from the Mokrá-Western Quarry (Czech Republic) and its palaeobiogeographical and palaeoenvironmental implications},

author = {Martin Ivanov and Andrej Čerňanský and Isaac Bonilla-Salomón and Àngel Hernández Luján},

doi = {10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a20},

issn = {1280-9659},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-08-01},

urldate = {2020-08-01},

journal = {Geodiversitas},

volume = {42},

number = {20},

publisher = {Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{ČerŇanský2019,

title = {The Key to Understanding the European Miocene \textit{Chalcides} (Squamata, Scincidae) Comes from Asia: The Lizards of the East Siberian Tagay Locality (Baikal Lake) in Russia},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Elena V. Syromyatnikova and Ekaterina S. Kovalenko and Konstantin M. Podurets and Alexander A. Kaloyan},

doi = {10.1002/ar.24289},

issn = {1932-8494},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-07-01},

urldate = {2020-07-01},

journal = {The Anatomical Record},

volume = {303},

number = {7},

pages = {1901--1934},

publisher = {Wiley},

abstract = {<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>The early middle Miocene (MN 5) lizards from the East Siberian Tagay locality (Baikal Lake, Russia) in Asia are described here. The lizard fauna consists of two clades, Lacertidae and Scincidae. The skink material is allocated to <jats:italic>Chalcides</jats:italic>. While this taxon was previously reported from Europe, it has rarely been observed in the Neogene record with only jaw fragments and frontal bones described. Its taxonomy was therefore enigmatic. The Tagay material is almost identical to the European fossils of <jats:italic>Chalcides</jats:italic> from Austria and Hungary, but it also contains the parietal bone. While the material is also similar to the extant <jats:italic>Ch</jats:italic>. <jats:italic>ocellatus</jats:italic>, it exhibits several morphological differences. A new species is therefore erected—<jats:italic>Chalcides augei</jats:italic> sp. nov. These findings further support the connection of the Baikal Lake area with central Europe during the first half of the Miocene. The comparative anatomy of the frontals, parietals and lower jaws was evaluated by micro‐CT in selected skink taxa. This comparison highlights several important differences, for example, paired frontals are present in <jats:italic>Broadleysaurus</jats:italic> (an outgroup taxon), in <jats:italic>Acontias</jats:italic> and all studied members of Scincidae herein. The character optimization in Mesquite supports fused frontals as being the condition at the basal node of the Ateuchosauridae + Sphenomorphidae + Eugongylidae + Lygosomidae + Egerniidae + Mabuyidae clade. While the parapineal foramen is restricted to the parietal in most taxa studied herein, it is absent (or vestigial) in <jats:italic>Acontias</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Feylinia</jats:italic>. In contrast to all other skinks, this foramen is located on the frontal in <jats:italic>Ateuchosaurus chinensis</jats:italic>. Anat Rec, 2019. © 2019 American Association for Anatomy Anat Rec, 303:1901–1934, 2020. © 2019 American Association for Anatomy</jats:p>},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{ČERŇANSKÝ2020l,

title = {The first skeletal evidence of an Upper Triassic (Rhaetian) diapsid reptile from the western Carpathian (Strážov Highlands, Slovakia)},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Nicole Klein and Silvio Renesto and Jozef Michalík and Juraj Šurka and Michal Sentpetery},

doi = {10.31577/geolcarp.71.2.3},

issn = {1336-8052},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-04-01},

urldate = {2020-04-01},

journal = {Geologica Carpathica},

volume = {71},

number = {2},

publisher = {Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2020k,

title = {Dawn of Lacertids (Squamata, Lacertidae): New Finds from the Upper Paleocene and the Lower Eocene},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Marc Louis Augé and Alain Phelizon},

doi = {10.1080/02724634.2020.1768539},

issn = {1937-2809},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-02},

urldate = {2020-01-02},

journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology},

volume = {40},

number = {1},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2019f,

title = {The atlas–axis complex in Dibamidae (Reptilia: Squamata) and their potential relatives: The effect of a fossorial lifestyle on the morphology of this skeletal bridge},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Edward L. Stanley},

doi = {10.1002/jmor.21064},

issn = {1097-4687},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-12-01},

urldate = {2019-12-00},

journal = {Journal of Morphology},

volume = {280},

number = {12},

pages = {1777--1797},

publisher = {Wiley},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We report on the first detailed study of the atlas–axis complex in the lizard clade Dibamidae, a family of poorly known fossorial squamates distributed in tropical or subtropical climates. This skeletal bridge is characterized by several features, such as the complete absence of the first intercentrum or the appearance of the first free cervical rib on the axis (usually less developed in <jats:italic>Dibamus</jats:italic> relative to that in <jats:italic>Anelytropsis</jats:italic>). Our study shows morphological differences of the atlas–axis complex in the Mexican blind lizard <jats:italic>Anelytropsis</jats:italic> relative to those of Asian <jats:italic>Dibamus</jats:italic>, the only two known extant genera of this clade. With regard to taxonomy and phylogenetic topology of the Dibamidae within Squamata, a huge conflict exists between morphology versus molecules. The morphology of the atlas–axis complex is therefore compared with several potential sister clades + <jats:italic>Sphenodon</jats:italic>. Dibamids share several features with limbless Gekkota, Scincoidea, and Amphisbaenia. The complete absence of the first intercentrum is observed in <jats:italic>Rhineura floridana</jats:italic> and in <jats:italic>Ateuchosaurus chinensis</jats:italic> as well, and the free rib associated with the synapophyses of the axis is also present in <jats:italic>Acontias meleagris</jats:italic>. However, some of these features may result from a limbless, burrowing ecology and thus could represent homoplastic characters. In any case, the morphology of the atlas–axis shows that dibamids share most character states with skinks. Although the atlas–axis complex forms only an additional source of information, this conclusion is consistent with most morphological rather than molecular tree topologies.</jats:p>},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2019b,

title = {The first potential fossil record of a dibamid reptile (Squamata: Dibamidae): a new taxon from the early Oligocene of Central Mongolia},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz047},

issn = {1096-3642},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-10-25},

urldate = {2019-10-25},

journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society},

volume = {187},

number = {3},

pages = {782--799},

publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>

               <jats:p>Dibamid reptiles have a known current distribution on two continents (Asia and North America). Although this clade represents an early-diverging group in the Squamata and thus should have a long evolutionary history, no fossil record of these peculiar burrowing squamate reptiles has been documented so far. The fossil material described here comes from the early Oligocene of the Valley of Lakes in Central Mongolia. This material consists of jaws and is placed in the clade Dibamidae on the basis of its morphology, which is further confirmed by phylogenetic analyses. In spite of the fragmentary nature of this material, it thus forms the first, but putative, fossil evidence of this clade. If correctly interpreted, this material demonstrates the occurrence of Dibamidae in East Asia in the Palaeogene, indicating its distribution in higher latitudes than today. The preserved elements possess a unique combination of character states, and a new taxon name is therefore erected: Hoeckosaurus mongoliensis sp. nov. The dentary of Hoeckosaurus exhibits some characters of the two extant dibamid taxa. However, the open Meckel’s groove, together with other characters, show that this group was morphologically much more diverse in the past.</jats:p>},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2019d,

title = {The first juvenile specimen of Eolacerta (Squamata: Eolacertidae) from the early–middle Eocene of the Messel Pit (Germany)},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Krister T. Smith},

doi = {10.1016/j.crpv.2019.04.004},

issn = {1631-0683},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-10-01},

urldate = {2019-10-00},

journal = {Comptes Rendus Palevol},

volume = {18},

number = {7},

pages = {735--745},

publisher = {Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Luján2019,

title = {First record of Diplocynodon ratelii Pomel, 1847 from the early Miocene site of Tušimice (Most Basin, Northwest Bohemia, Czech Republic)},

author = {Àngel H. Luján and Milan Chroust and Andrej Čerňanský and Josep Fortuny and Martin Mazuch and Martin Ivanov},

doi = {10.1016/j.crpv.2019.04.002},

issn = {1631-0683},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-10-01},

urldate = {2019-10-00},

journal = {Comptes Rendus Palevol},

volume = {18},

number = {7},

pages = {877--889},

publisher = {Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2017,

title = {First evidence of the Jurassic thalattosuchian (both teleosaurid and metriorhynchid) crocodylomorphs from Slovakia (Western Carpathians)},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Ján Schlögl and Tomáš Mlynský and Štefan Józsa},

doi = {10.1080/08912963.2017.1414212},

issn = {1029-2381},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-09-14},

urldate = {2019-09-14},

journal = {Historical Biology},

volume = {31},

number = {8},

pages = {1008--1015},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Klembara2017,

title = {The first record of anguine lizards (Anguimorpha, Anguidae) from the early Miocene locality Ulm – Westtangente in Germany},

author = {Jozef Klembara and Miroslav Hain and Andrej Čerňanský},

doi = {10.1080/08912963.2017.1416469},

issn = {1029-2381},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-09-14},

urldate = {2019-09-14},

journal = {Historical Biology},

volume = {31},

number = {8},

pages = {1016--1027},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2019e,

title = {The first Miocene fossils of Lacerta cf. trilineata (Squamata, Lacertidae) with a comparative study of the main cranial osteological differences in green lizards and their relatives},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Elena V. Syromyatnikova},

editor = {Thierry Smith},

doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0216191},

issn = {1932-6203},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-08-21},

urldate = {2019-08-21},

journal = {PLoS ONE},

volume = {14},

number = {8},

publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2018e,

title = {Vertebral comparative anatomy and morphological differences in anguine lizards with a special reference to \textit{Pseudopus apodus}},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Oleksandr Yaryhin and Jana Ciceková and Ingmar Werneburg and Miroslav Hain and Jozef Klembara},

doi = {10.1002/ar.23944},

issn = {1932-8494},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-02-01},

urldate = {2019-02-01},

journal = {The Anatomical Record},

volume = {302},

number = {2},

pages = {232--257},

publisher = {Wiley},

abstract = {<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>The article reports on the first detailed vertebral and rib morphology of anguine taxon <jats:italic>Pseudopus apodus</jats:italic> using micro‐computed tomography. A comparison shows significant morphological differences of vertebrae of <jats:italic>Pseudopus</jats:italic> relative to those of <jats:italic>Anguis</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Ophisaurus.</jats:italic> Usually, there are 55 presacral vertebrae, two sacral, and 95–97 caudal vertebrae. <jats:italic>Pseudopus apodus</jats:italic> can be defined by 23 diagnostic features concerning the vertebral column. Although zygapophyseal articulation between atlas and axis is well developed in limbed anguid gerrhonotine lizards like <jats:italic>Abronia</jats:italic> or <jats:italic>Barisia</jats:italic>, it is absent in the extant representatives of the clade Anguinae, which are limbless. Thus, our study brings further support to the hypothesis about the complete reduction of this articulation in forms with reduced or absent limbs. Comparison of adult and juvenile morphology of vertebrae of <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case"><jats:italic>P. apodus</jats:italic></jats:styled-content> was also analyzed. Heterochrony in the evolution of this taxon was previously confirmed by its skull morphology and it can be also documented on the basis of vertebrae. Our data suggest that a peramorphic heterochronic process played a role in the evolution of this largest extant anguine species. Geometric morphometric analyses revealed a pattern of high vertebral disparity among species. We found a clear separation of limbless forms in morphospace. <jats:italic>Pseudopus apodus</jats:italic> always clusters within <jats:italic>Ophisaurus</jats:italic>‐species confirming molecular and some morphological phylogenies. Only the first tail vertebra shows a distinct difference to those of other anguids, which might be related to altered locomotion associated to the larger body size in this species. Anat Rec, 302:232–257, 2019. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</jats:p>},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2019c,

title = {The Oligocene and Miocene fossil lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) of Central Mongolia},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Marc Louis Augé},

doi = {10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a24},

issn = {1280-9659},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

urldate = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Geodiversitas},

volume = {41},

number = {1},

publisher = {Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2017b,

title = {Eolacertidae: a new extinct clade of lizards from the Palaeogene; with comments on the origin of the dominant European reptile group – Lacertidae},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Krister T. Smith},

doi = {10.1080/08912963.2017.1327530},

issn = {1029-2381},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-10-03},

urldate = {2018-10-03},

journal = {Historical Biology},

volume = {30},

number = {7},

pages = {994--1014},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Villa2018,

title = {Taxonomic assessment of ‘\textit{Bavaricordylus}’ Kosma, 2004 (Reptilia, Squamata)},

author = {Andrea Villa and Ralf Kosma and Andrej Čerňanský and Massimo Delfino},

doi = {10.1080/02724634.2018.1487844},

issn = {1937-2809},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-07-04},

urldate = {2018-07-04},

journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology},

volume = {38},

number = {4},

pages = {1--4},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2018g,

title = {Geckos from the middle Miocene of Devínska Nová Ves (Slovakia): new material and a review of the previous record},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Juan D. Daza and Aaron M. Bauer},

doi = {10.1007/s00015-017-0292-1},

issn = {1661-8734},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-04-01},

urldate = {2018-04-01},

journal = {Swiss Journal of Geosciences},

volume = {111},

number = {1-2},

pages = {183--190},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2018f,

title = {A Middle Triassic pachypleurosaur (Diapsida: Eosauropterygia) from a restricted carbonate ramp in the Western Carpathians (Gutenstein Formation, Fatric Unit): paleogeographic implications},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Nicole Klein and Ján Soták and Mário Olšavský and Juraj Šurka and Pavel Herich},

doi = {10.1515/geoca-2018-0001},

issn = {1336-8052},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-02-01},

urldate = {2018-02-01},

journal = {Geologica Carpathica},

volume = {69},

number = {1},

pages = {3--16},

publisher = {Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences},

abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>An eosauropterygian skeleton found in the Middle Triassic (upper Anisian) Gutenstein Formation of the Fatric Unit (Demänovská dolina Valley, Low Tatra Mountains, Slovakia) represents the earliest known occurrence of marine tetrapods in the Western Carpathians. The specimen represents a partly articulated portion of the postcranial skeleton (nine dorsal vertebrae, coracoid, ribs, gastral ribs, pelvic girdle, femur and one zeugopodial element). It is assigned to the Pachypleurosauria, more precisely to the<jats:italic>Serpianosaurus</jats:italic>–<jats:italic>Neusticosaurus</jats:italic>clade based on the following combination of features: (1) small body size; (2) morphology of vertebrae, ribs and femur; (3) tripartite gastral ribs; and (4) microanatomy of the femur as revealed by μCT. Members of this clade were described from the epicontinental Germanic Basin and the Alpine Triassic (now southern Germany, Switzerland, Italy), and possibly from Spain. This finding shows that pachypleurosaur reptiles attained a broader geographical distribution during the Middle Triassic, with their geographical range reaching to the Central Western Carpathians. Pachypleurosaurs are often found in sediments formed in shallow, hypersaline carbonate-platform environments. The specimen found here occurs in a succession with vermicular limestones in a shallow subtidal zone and stromatolitic limestones in a peritidal zone, indicating that pachypleurosaurs inhabited hypersaline, restricted carbonate ramps in the Western Carpathians.</jats:p>},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2017c,

title = {A new exceptionally preserved specimen of\textit{Dracaenosaurus} (Squamata, Lacertidae) from the Oligocene of France as revealed by micro-computed tomography},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Arnau Bolet and Johannes Müller and Jean-Claude Rage and Marc Augé and Anthony Herrel},

doi = {10.1080/02724634.2017.1384738},

issn = {1937-2809},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-11-02},

urldate = {2017-11-02},

journal = {Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology},

volume = {37},

number = {6},

publisher = {Informa UK Limited},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Čerňanský2017e,

title = {First record of fossil anguines (Squamata; Anguidae) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Turkey},

author = {Andrej Čerňanský and Davit Vasilyan and Georgios L. Georgalis and Peter Joniak and Serdar Mayda and Jozef Klembara},

doi = {10.1007/s00015-017-0272-5},

issn = {1661-8734},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-10-01},

urldate = {2017-10-00},

journal = {Swiss Journal of Geosciences},

volume = {110},

number = {3},

pages = {741--751},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}