Oldest co-occurrence of Varanus and Python from Africa—first record of squamates from the early Miocene of Moghra Formation, Western Desert, Egypt

First record of Sivameryx (Cetartiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae) from the lower Miocene of Israel highlights the importance of the Levantine Corridor as a dispersal route between Eurasia and Africa

(2019) Ari Grossman et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

A new species of Palaeopython (Serpentes) and other extinct squamates from the Eocene of Dielsdorf (Zurich, Switzerland)

(2019) Georgios L. Georgalis et al.   Swiss Journal of Geosciences

New Amphicyonids (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Moghra, Early Miocene, Egypt

(2019) Michael Morlo et al.   GEODIVERSITAS

First levantine fossil murines shed new light on the earliest intercontinental dispersal of mice

(2019) Raquel López-Antoñanzas et al.   Scientific Reports

Squamate reptiles from Kanapoi: Faunal evidence for hominin paleoenvironments

(2018) Jason J. Head et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

New varanid remains from the Miocene (MN4–MN5) of France: inferring fossil lizard phylogeny from subsets of large morphological data sets

(2018) Marc Louis Augé et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European monitor lizards

(2018) Andrea Villa et al.   PLoS One

A new species of Varanus (Anguimorpha: Varanidae) from the early Miocene of the Czech Republic, and its relationships and palaeoecology

(2017) Martin Ivanov et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

The last European varanid: demise and extinction of monitor lizards (Squamata, Varanidae) from Europe

(2017) Georgios L. Georgalis et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

The osteology of the giant snake Gigantophis garstini from the upper Eocene of North Africa and its bearing on the phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Madtsoiidae

(2017) Jonathan P. Rio et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

First record of fossil anguines (Squamata; Anguidae) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Turkey

(2017) Andrej Čerňanský et al.   Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Lizards and snakes from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Ravin de la Pluie (Axios Valley, Greece)

(2017) Georgios L. Georgalis et al.   Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Early Miocene herpetofaunas from the Greek localities of Aliveri and Karydia – bridging a gap in the knowledge of amphibians and reptiles from the early Neogene of southeastern Europe

(2017) Georgios L. Georgalis et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

First description of a fossil chamaeleonid from Greece and its relevance for the European biogeographic history of the group

(2016) Georgios L. Georgalis et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications

(2016) Jean-Jacques Jaeger et al.   ZooKeys

First description of a fossil chamaeleonid from Greece and its relevance for the European biogeographic history of the group

(2016) Georgios L. Georgalis et al.   Science of Nature

A Transitional Gundi (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae) from the Miocene of Israel

(2016) Raquel López-Antoñanzas et al.   PLoS One

Lissamphibians and squamate reptiles from the early middle Miocene of Litke, Northern Hungary

(2015) Márton Venczel et al.   GEOBIOS

A late Eocene snake fauna from the Fayum Depression, Egypt

(2015) Jacob A. Mccartney et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Small vertebrates from Khasm El-Raqaba, late Middle Miocene, Eastern Desert, Egypt

(2015) Gregg F. Gunnell et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

Anthracotheres from Wadi Moghra, early Miocene, Egypt

(2014) Ellen R. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Ectothermic vertebrates from the late Middle Miocene of Gratkorn (Austria, Styria)

(2014) Madelaine Böhme et al.   Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling

(2013) R. Graham Reynolds et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Avian fossils from the Early Miocene Moghra Formation of Egypt

(2013) N Adam Smith   OSTRICH

Molecular evidence for an Asian origin of monitor lizards followed by Tertiary dispersals to Africa and Australasia

(2012) N. Vidal et al.   Biology Letters

The oldest known European Neogene girdled lizard fauna (Squamata, Cordylidae), with comments on Early Miocene immigration of African taxa

(2012) Andrej Čerňanský   GEODIVERSITAS

Stacked, Lower Miocene tide-dominated estuary deposits in a transgressive succession, Western Desert, Egypt

(2012) Safiya M. Hassan et al.   SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY

Evolution of the Side-Necked Turtles: The Family Podocnemididae

(2011) Eugene S. Gaffney et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Snakes from Griesbeckerzell (Langhian, Early Badenian), North Alpine Foreland Basin (Germany), with comments on the evolution of snake faunas in Central Europe during the Miocene Climatic Optimum

(2011) Martin Ivanov et al.   GEODIVERSITAS

Oldest known Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Upper Eocene and Lower Oligocene of Egypt: support for an African origin of the genus

(2010) ROBERT B. HOLMES et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

A Miocene selachian fauna from Moghra, Egypt

(2010) Todd D. Cook et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

Suidae and Sanitheriidae from Wadi Moghra, Early Miocene, Egypt

(2009) Martin Pickford et al.   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

Dragon's Paradise Lost: Palaeobiogeography, Evolution and Extinction of the Largest-Ever Terrestrial Lizards (Varanidae)

(2009) Scott A. Hocknull et al.   PLoS One

Agamid lizard (Agamidae: Uromastycinae) from the lower Oligocene of Egypt

(2009) Robert B. Holmes et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

Neural activation in women in response to masculinized male faces: mediation by hormones and psychosexual factors

(2008) Heather A. Rupp et al.   EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Earliest African record of theVaranusstem-clade (Squamata: Varanidae) from the early Oligocene of Egypt

(2008) Krister T. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY