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New fossils provide novel insights into the evolution of Cenozoic lizards and snakes from Europe and the circum-Mediterranean region

2023/49/B/ST10/02631

Keywords:

Squamata reptiles fossil record biogeography extinction taxonomy phylogenetic relationships

Descriptors:

  • ST10_08:
  • NZ8_12:
  • NZ8_10:

Panel:

ST10 - Earth sciences: Earth system science, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geoecology, geophysics, physical geography, geoinformatics, planetary geology, pedology, mining, chemical and physical oceanology, environmental protection

Host institution :

Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt PAN

woj. małopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Georgios L. Georgalis 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 25 - announced on 2023-03-16

Amount awarded: 585 982 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2024-01-03

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2028-01-02

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (4)
  1. Vertebral morphology and intracolumnar variation of the iconic African viperid snake Atheris (Serpentes, Viperidae)
    Authors:
    Węgrzyn, K., O.S.G. Pauwels, J. Brecko and G.L. Georgalis
    Academic press:
    Anatomical Record (rok: 2024, tom: Published online in 2024 but still in press, strony: In press (37 pages)), Wydawca: Wiley and American Association for Anatomy
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/ar.25579 - link to the publication
  2. New diverse amphibian and reptile assemblages from the late Neogene of northern Greece provide novel insights into the emergence of extant herpetofaunas of the southern Balkans
    Authors:
    Georgalis, G.L., A. Villa, M. Ivanov and M. Delfino
    Academic press:
    Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (rok: 2024, tom: 143, strony: 34:91 pages), Wydawca: Springer Open
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s13358-024-00332-7 - link to the publication
  3. The world's largest worm lizard: a new giant trogonophid (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) with extreme dental adaptations from the Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia
    Authors:
    Georgalis, G.L., K.T. Smith, L. Marivaux, A. Herrel, E.M. Essid, H. Khayati Ammar, W. Marzougui, R. Temani and R. Tabuce
    Academic press:
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (rok: 2024, tom: 202, strony: zlae133:44 pp.), Wydawca: Oxford Academic
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae133 - link to the publication
  4. 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
    Authors:
    Loréal, E., G.L. Georgalis and A. Čerňanský
    Academic press:
    Anatomical Record (rok: 2025, tom: 308, strony: 45–113), Wydawca: Wiley and American Association for Anatomy
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/ar.25525 - link to the publication
  5. Occurrence of the large aquatic snake Palaeophis cf. africanus (Serpentes, Palaeophiidae) in the middle Eocene of the Sabkha El Breij, southwestern Morocco
    Authors:
    Aniny, F., G.L. Georgalis, P.D. Gingerich and S. Zouhri
    Academic press:
    Historical Biology (rok: 2024, tom: Published online in 2024 but still in press, strony: In press), Wydawca: Taylor and francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/08912963.2024.2352863 - link to the publication
  1. What does vertebral morphology tell us about the taxonomy and diversity of the Paleogene snakes from Europe?
    Authors:
    Georgalis, G.L.
    Conference:
    Abstracts Book, 21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, 28 August–1 September 2024, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (rok: 2024, tom: , 21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, strony: 20–21), Wydawca: European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists
    Data:
    konferencja 2024
    Status:
    Published
  2. Review of the Pliocene turtles from Poland
    Authors:
    Chroust, M., T. Szczygielski and G.L. Georgalis
    Conference:
    Abstracts Book, 21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, 28 August–1 September 2024, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (rok: 2024, tom: , 21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists, strony: 9), Wydawca: European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists
    Data:
    konferencja 28 August–1 September 2024
    Status:
    Published
  3. The erycine snakes (Squamata, Serpentes) from the Late Miocene locality of Gritsev, Ukraine
    Authors:
    Georgalis, G.L. and V. Yanenko
    Conference:
    Abstract Book, Joint Meeting of the Polish Paleobiologists and the 95th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (PalGes), 16–21 September 2024, Warsaw, Poland (rok: 2024, tom: Joint Meeting of the Polish Paleobiologists and the 95th Annual Meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft (PalGes), Warsaw, strony: 40), Wydawca: Paläontologische Gesellschaft
    Data:
    konferencja 16–21 September 2024
    Status:
    Published
  4. New squamate faunas from the late Paleocene and early Eocene of France reveal fascinating patterns of endemism, dispersals, and extinctions
    Authors:
    Georgalis, G.L. and B. Mennecart
    Conference:
    Abstracts Book, 84th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30 October–2 November 2024, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (rok: 2024, tom: 84th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, strony: 217), Wydawca: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
    Data:
    konferencja 30 October–2 November 2024
    Status:
    Published