Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)

A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

(2013) R Pyron et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Estimating divergence dates and evaluating dating methods using phylogenomic and mitochondrial data in squamate reptiles

(2012) Daniel G. Mulcahy et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Repeated Origin and Loss of Adhesive Toepads in Geckos

(2012) Tony Gamble et al.   PLoS One

Multiple Genome Alignments Facilitate Development of NPCL Markers: A Case Study of Tetrapod Phylogeny Focusing on the Position of Turtles

(2011) X.-X. Shen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Sail-Backed Reptile Ctenosauriscus from the Latest Early Triassic of Germany and the Timing and Biogeography of the Early Archosaur Radiation

(2011) Richard J. Butler et al.   PLoS One

Best Practices for Justifying Fossil Calibrations

(2011) James F. Parham et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Mitochondrial genomes of acrodont lizards: timing of gene rearrangements and phylogenetic and biogeographic implications

(2010) Yasuhisa Okajima et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Coming to America: multiple origins of New World geckos

(2010) T. GAMBLE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A multilocus timescale for the origin of extant amphibians

(2010) Diego San Mauro   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Ecologically distinct dinosaurian sister group shows early diversification of Ornithodira

(2010) Sterling J. Nesbitt et al.   NATURE

Compound-specific carbon isotopes from Earth's largest flood basalt eruptions directly linked to the end-Triassic mass extinction

(2010) J. H. Whiteside et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TreeTime: an extensible C++ software package for Bayesian phylogeny reconstruction with time-calibration

(2009) L. Himmelmann et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Integration of Bayesian molecular clock methods and fossil-based soft bounds reveals early Cenozoic origin of African lacertid lizards

(2009) Christy A Hipsley et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Triassic dicynodont Kombuisia (Synapsida, Anomodontia) from Antarctica, a refuge from the terrestrial Permian-Triassic mass extinction

(2009) Jörg Fröbisch et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates

(2009) M. E. Alfaro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A new proposal concerning the botanical origin of Baltic amber

(2009) A. P. Wolfe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Likelihood Method for Assessing Molecular Divergence Time Estimates and the Placement of Fossil Calibrations

(2009) R. Alexander Pyron   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The molecular evolutionary tree of lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians

(2008) Nicolas Vidal et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Mitogenomic perspectives into iguanid phylogeny and biogeography: Gondwanan vicariance for the origin of Madagascan oplurines

(2008) Yasuhisa Okajima et al.   GENE

Effect of taxon sampling on recovering the phylogeny of squamate reptiles based on complete mitochondrial genome and nuclear gene sequence data

(2008) Eva M. Albert et al.   GENE

Skull shape and feeding strategy inSphenodonand other Rhynchocephalia (Diapsida: Lepidosauria)

(2008) Marc E.H. Jones   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

A stem batrachian from the Early Permian of Texas and the origin of frogs and salamanders

(2008) Jason S. Anderson et al.   NATURE

Genomic Outposts Serve the Phylogenomic Pioneers: Designing Novel Nuclear Markers for Genomic DNA Extractions of Lepidoptera

(2008) Niklas Wahlberg et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Origin of tropical American burrowing reptiles by transatlantic rafting

(2007) N. Vidal et al.   Biology Letters