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Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-10
Page range: 265–274
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New genus and species names for the Eocene lizard Cadurcogekko rugosus Augé, 2005

Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, c/ Escola industrial, 23, 08201- Sabadell, Spain.
Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Houston State University, 1900 Avenue I, Huntsville, Texas 77341 U.S.A.
Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Histoire de la Terre, UMR 20, CNRS, rue Buffon, F-75231, Paris, France.
Biology Department, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085 U.S.A.
Lepidosauria Squamata Gekkota Scincoidea Iguania fossil lizard

Abstract

Cadurcogekko rugosus Augé, 2005 was described as a gekkotan lizard from the Eocene of France. A revision of the material has revealed that the holotype, a nearly complete dentary, actually belongs to a scincid lizard, for which we erect the new genus Gekkomimus. The rest of material originally referred to C. rugosus is of undoubted gekkotan nature and is included in the new species Cadurcogekko verus, with the exception of a partial left dentary belonging to the iguanid lizard Cadurciguana hoffstetteri.