Oligosoma northlandi (WORTHY, 1991)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Cyclodina northlandi WORTHY 1991 Oligosoma northlandi — CHAPPLE et al. 2009 |
Distribution | New Zealand (Northland)
Type locality: Otangaroa Station Cave, Northland, New Zealand.
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Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: WO 332.1, partial skeleton (Waitomo Caves Museum, New Zealand) |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Conservation: Extinct species known from subfossil remains (late Holocene). |
Etymology | named after the type locality. |
References |
- Case, T. J., Bolger, D. T., and Richman, A. D. 1992. Reptilian extinctions: The last ten thousand years. In “Conservation Biology'' (P. L. Fledler and S. K . Jain, Eds.), pp. 91-125. Chapman and Hall, New York - get paper here
- Chapple, David G.; Peter A. Ritchie, Charles H. Daugherty 2009. Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (2): 470-487 - get paper here
- Day, D. 1981. The Doomsday Book of Animals. A Natural History of Vanished Species. Viking Press, New York
- Hitchmough, Rodney A.; Geoffrey B. Patterson, and David G. Chapple 2016. Putting a Name to Diversity: Taxonomy of the New Zealand Lizard Fauna. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 87-108 - get paper here
- Worthy, T. H. 1991. Fossil skink bones from Northland, New Zealand, and description of a new species of Cyclodina, Scincidae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21: 329-348 - get paper here
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