A new species of Varanus (Anguimorpha: Varanidae) from the early Miocene of the Czech Republic, and its relationships and palaeoecology
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F18%3A00102017" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/18:00102017 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1355338" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1355338</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1355338" target="_blank" >10.1080/14772019.2017.1355338</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A new species of Varanus (Anguimorpha: Varanidae) from the early Miocene of the Czech Republic, and its relationships and palaeoecology
Original language description
Skeletal remains of a new early Miocene (Ottnangian, MN 4 mammal zone) monitor lizard, Varanus mokrensis sp. nov., are described from two karst fissures in the Mokrá-Western Quarry (1/2001 Turtle Joint; 2/2003 Reptile Joint), Czech Republic, providing the first documented example of a European varanid for which osteological data permit a well-supported assignment to the genus Varanus. The new species is morphologically similar to the Recent IndoAsiatic varanids of the Varanus bengalensis group. A Bayesian analysis shows V. mokrensis to be closely related to extant representatives of the Indo-Asiatic Varanus clade, with close afinities to the V. bengalensis species group. The topology of the Bayesian tree supports the hypothesis that Miocene monitors from Mokrá are representatives of a lineage that is ancestral to the well-defined clade of extant African varanids, including the early Miocene V. rusingensis. In addition, our results support a Eurasian origin for the varanid clade.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10600 - Biological sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
ISSN
1477-2019
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
9
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
31
Pages from-to
767-797
UT code for WoS article
000430864800003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85028560995