A two-headed reptile from the Cretaceous of China-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A two-headed reptile from the Cretaceous of China

Published:2006-12-19 Issue:1 Volume:3 Page:81-82
ISSN:1744-9561
Container-title:Biology Letters
language:en
Short-container-title:Biol. Lett.

Author:

Buffetaut Eric¹,Li Jianjun²,Tong Haiyan¹,Zhang He³

Affiliation:

1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (UMR 8538)16 cour du Liégat, 75013 Paris, France

2. Beijing Natural History Museum126 Tian Qiao South Street, Beijing 100050, China

3. Shenzhen Paleontological Museum160 Fairy Lake Road, Liantang, 518004 Shenzhen, China

Abstract

A malformed embryonic or neonate choristoderan reptile from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of northeastern China is described. The tiny skeleton exhibits two heads and two necks, with bifurcation at the level of the pectoral girdle. In a fossil, this is the first occurrence of the malformation known as axial bifurcation, which is well known in living reptiles.

Publisher

The Royal Society

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Link

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0580

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