为解决棘皮动物五辐射对称体轴与两侧对称祖先的演化关系难题，斯坦福大学团队以脆海星Amphipholis squamata为模型，通过21个AP（前后轴）模式基因表达分析，发现其与海星类似的'步带区-前端'（ambulacral-anterior）分子部署模式，证实该模式在棘皮动物冠群演化中的保守性，为理解体轴重组机制提供 ...

Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific variation and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): Taxonomic and biogeographic implications.

The discovery shifts the origin of the whole lizard-snake group, called Squamata, back by 35 million years. The storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years ...

The findings push back the origins of the lizard-snake group called Squamata by 35 million years to at least 205 million years ago, according to Phys.org.

The name "lizard" doesn't correspond to a single scientific group. Lizards belong to the order Squamata, which they share with snakes. There are several subgroups within Squamata that are commonly ...

Skrjabinodon dixoni n. sp. from the large intestine of Uracentron flaviceps (Squamata: Iguanidae) from Peru is described and illustrated. It is also reported in the same host from Ecuador.

In a notable conservation achievement, the only known example of Roman legionary armor of the Lorica Squamata type, which is 1500 years old, has been successfully restored in Türkiye. This unique ...