Yantarogekko Explained

Yantarogekko is an extinct genus of gecko known from a single specimen found in Baltic amber from the Eocene Prussian Formation of Kaliningrad, Russia.[1] The remains consist of the anterior half of a body with partially preserved limbs (including preserved toe pads on one limb), lacking a skeleton.[2] While considered in its initial description to be a member of the family Gekkonidae, the limited nature of known remains combined with its morphology not closely resembling any living family of geckos make it impossible to assign it any more precisely than Gekkonoidea.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Bauer . Aaron M. . Böhme . Wolfgang . Weitschat . Wolfgang . 2005 . An Early Eocene gecko from Baltic amber and its implications for the evolution of gecko adhesion . Journal of Zoology . 265 . 4 . 327–332 . 10.1017/S0952836904006259 . 0952-8369.
  2. Bauer . A M . 2019-07-01 . Gecko Adhesion in Space and Time: A Phylogenetic Perspective on the Scansorial Success Story . Integrative and Comparative Biology . 59 . 1 . 117–130 . 10.1093/icb/icz020 . 30938766 . 1540-7063. free .
  3. Daza . Juan D. . Bauer . Aaron M. . Snively . Eric D. . March 2014 . On the Fossil Record of the Gekkota: Gekkotan Fossil Record . The Anatomical Record . en . 297 . 3 . 433–462 . 10.1002/ar.22856. 24482344 .

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