Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5787906 | Cretaceous Research | 2017 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
X-ray microcomputed tomography was used to reveal putative trematode metacercariae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) located in cysts positioned at the base of the femora in a 100 myr agamid lizard preserved in Myanmar amber. The cysts are characterized and compared with encysted metacercariae recovered from a similar location in an extant Anolis lizard. This discovery provides evidence that lizards were serving as intermediate hosts of trematodes some 100 Ma.
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Authors
George Jr., Kenneth A. Philbrick, Martin J. Cohn, Russell T. Turner, Urszula T. Iwaniec, Joerg Wunderlich,