A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Post-Palaeogene anguids from Europe have been referred to three extant genera: Anguis, Ophisaurus s.l. (including Dopasia and Hyalosaurus), and Pseudopus. In recent years, a higher generic diversity has started to be recognised, with extinct genera described from both Neogene and Quaternary localiti...

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Autores: Villa, Andrea|||0000-0001-6544-5201, Bolet, Arnau|||0000-0003-4416-4560, Klembara, Jozef, Serrano-Martínez, Alejandro|||0000-0003-1178-6064, Luján, Àngel H.|||0000-0003-1844-0453, Fortuny, Josep, Delfino, Massimo|||0000-0001-7836-7265, Schillinger, Burkhard, Alba, David M.|||0000-0002-8886-5580
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Phylogeny
Neogene
Spain
Vallesian
Neutron CT scanning
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spelling A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)Villa, Andrea|||0000-0001-6544-5201Bolet, Arnau|||0000-0003-4416-4560Klembara, JozefSerrano-Martínez, Alejandro|||0000-0003-1178-6064Luján, Àngel H.|||0000-0003-1844-0453Fortuny, JosepDelfino, Massimo|||0000-0001-7836-7265Schillinger, BurkhardAlba, David M.|||0000-0002-8886-5580EuropePhylogenyNeogeneSpainVallesianNeutron CT scanningPost-Palaeogene anguids from Europe have been referred to three extant genera: Anguis, Ophisaurus s.l. (including Dopasia and Hyalosaurus), and Pseudopus. In recent years, a higher generic diversity has started to be recognised, with extinct genera described from both Neogene and Quaternary localities. We here describe a new genus and species of anguid lizard, Fontisaurus tarumbaire gen. et sp. nov., based on a large articulated skull from the Vallesian (Late Miocene) of Sant Miquel de Toudell, in the Vallès-Penedès Basin, on which we also performed neutron CT scanning. The new lizard differs from all other anguid species from Europe, both extant and extinct, most notably in the combination of widely laterally extended anterolateral processes and medially directed anterior end of the anterolateral ventral crests in the parietal. Phylogenetic analyses using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference support the placement of this new genus and species as a member of the Anguinae, which is currently the only anguioid clade clearly present in Europe after the Palaeogene/Neogene transition. Based on tip-dating Bayesian analyses, the divergence of this new anguid from its sister taxon within the Anguinae largely predates this transition, but uncertainties still surround its detailed phylogenetic relationships. An isolated parietal from the Middle Miocene of Griesbeckerzell 1a in Germany strongly resembles the morphology displayed by the holotype of Fontisaurus tarumbaire gen. et sp. nov. but differs from it in the sculpturing type and the development of the muscular surface. This fossil from Germany is here referred to as Fontisaurus aff. tarumbaire and implies a wider stratigraphical and geographic distribution for Fontisaurus gen. nov. 22025-01-0120252025-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/322198https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1186/s13358-025-00411-3reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2024-159434NB-I00Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2020-117289GB-I00Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2020-117118GB-I00Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2021/SGR-00620Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2021/SGR-01184Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2019/BP-00154Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2021/BP-00038Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 RYC2022-037745-IAgencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 RYC2021-032857-Iopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3221982026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
title A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
spellingShingle A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
Villa, Andrea|||0000-0001-6544-5201
Europe
Phylogeny
Neogene
Spain
Vallesian
Neutron CT scanning
title_short A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
title_full A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
title_fullStr A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
title_full_unstemmed A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
title_sort A new anguine lizard (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian) of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Villa, Andrea|||0000-0001-6544-5201
Bolet, Arnau|||0000-0003-4416-4560
Klembara, Jozef
Serrano-Martínez, Alejandro|||0000-0003-1178-6064
Luján, Àngel H.|||0000-0003-1844-0453
Fortuny, Josep
Delfino, Massimo|||0000-0001-7836-7265
Schillinger, Burkhard
Alba, David M.|||0000-0002-8886-5580
author Villa, Andrea|||0000-0001-6544-5201
author_facet Villa, Andrea|||0000-0001-6544-5201
Bolet, Arnau|||0000-0003-4416-4560
Klembara, Jozef
Serrano-Martínez, Alejandro|||0000-0003-1178-6064
Luján, Àngel H.|||0000-0003-1844-0453
Fortuny, Josep
Delfino, Massimo|||0000-0001-7836-7265
Schillinger, Burkhard
Alba, David M.|||0000-0002-8886-5580
author_role author
author2 Bolet, Arnau|||0000-0003-4416-4560
Klembara, Jozef
Serrano-Martínez, Alejandro|||0000-0003-1178-6064
Luján, Àngel H.|||0000-0003-1844-0453
Fortuny, Josep
Delfino, Massimo|||0000-0001-7836-7265
Schillinger, Burkhard
Alba, David M.|||0000-0002-8886-5580
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author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Europe
Phylogeny
Neogene
Spain
Vallesian
Neutron CT scanning
topic Europe
Phylogeny
Neogene
Spain
Vallesian
Neutron CT scanning
description Post-Palaeogene anguids from Europe have been referred to three extant genera: Anguis, Ophisaurus s.l. (including Dopasia and Hyalosaurus), and Pseudopus. In recent years, a higher generic diversity has started to be recognised, with extinct genera described from both Neogene and Quaternary localities. We here describe a new genus and species of anguid lizard, Fontisaurus tarumbaire gen. et sp. nov., based on a large articulated skull from the Vallesian (Late Miocene) of Sant Miquel de Toudell, in the Vallès-Penedès Basin, on which we also performed neutron CT scanning. The new lizard differs from all other anguid species from Europe, both extant and extinct, most notably in the combination of widely laterally extended anterolateral processes and medially directed anterior end of the anterolateral ventral crests in the parietal. Phylogenetic analyses using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference support the placement of this new genus and species as a member of the Anguinae, which is currently the only anguioid clade clearly present in Europe after the Palaeogene/Neogene transition. Based on tip-dating Bayesian analyses, the divergence of this new anguid from its sister taxon within the Anguinae largely predates this transition, but uncertainties still surround its detailed phylogenetic relationships. An isolated parietal from the Middle Miocene of Griesbeckerzell 1a in Germany strongly resembles the morphology displayed by the holotype of Fontisaurus tarumbaire gen. et sp. nov. but differs from it in the sculpturing type and the development of the muscular surface. This fossil from Germany is here referred to as Fontisaurus aff. tarumbaire and implies a wider stratigraphical and geographic distribution for Fontisaurus gen. nov.
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Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2020-117118GB-I00
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2021/SGR-00620
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2021/SGR-01184
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2019/BP-00154
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2021/BP-00038
Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 RYC2022-037745-I
Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 RYC2021-032857-I
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