Lowesaurus matthewi
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0003-0090 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF23879D-D12A-FFC3-FF39-AFC04D3AD3FD |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Lowesaurus matthewi |
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Lowesaurus matthewi + Heloderma
(figs. 55E, 56D)
DIAGNOSIS: This unnamed clade is diagnosed by 62(1) midline contact of the frontal subolfactory processes and 309(1) presence of grooves separating the osteoderms on the maxilla.
COMMENTS: Lowesaurus matthewi was initially described as Heloderma matthewi ( Gilmore, 1928) and was, for many years, an unquestioned Heloderma species ( Bogert and Del Campo, 1956; Pianka, 1967; Yatkola, 1976; Estes, 1983). However, Pregill et al. (1986) showed that they could recover no support for a sister-group relationship between the matthewi species and extant Heloderma exclusive of Eurheloderma gallicum , and erected a new genus for the Oligocene species.
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