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Jucaraseps, a tiny Cretaceous lizard

  • 06-08-2019 11:44PM
    #1
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    From Las Hoyas, Spain, home to Pelecanimimus and Concavenator; it may have been food for small theropods. Unfortunately its no free access and I couldn´t find exactly how small it was.

    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01145.x/abstract

    The smallest lizard today may be the pygmy chameleon Brookesia micra:

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmCkUou0OWPZGO3NnTf-DxvWzmmrxZt4H8gMyVoKdfpcTiylXm

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQI1pFb2uc2ZiX3N5c8qYdqE5Bujgza0zs5MuAkZn4-fnhQw4jxUg

    Or the Caribbean gecko Sphaerodactylus ariasae:

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3ufV6Xb925V_6Mx_xKKaq3Hp9oGEvDWrfkTBPxhLZvrZJcKKLKA
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