Sphaerodactylus dommeli
| Sphaerodactylus dommeli Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | †S. dommeli
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sphaerodactylus dommeli Bohme 1984
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Sphaerodactylus dommeli is an extinct species of gecko that inhabited the Dominican Republic during the Miocene epoch.[1]
Geological context
[edit]The holotype (ZFMK 66238) is a well-preserved specimen embedded in Dominican amber from La Toca mine, El Mamey Formation, which dates back to the Burdigalian/Langhian periods of the Miocene (20.44–13.82 million years ago).[2]
Paleontological significance
[edit]Along S. ciguapa, it is part of the oldest known representatives of the genus Sphaerodactylus in the fossil record, and the specimen represents one of the best-preserved fossils of the infraorder Gekkota.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ BÖHME, W (1984). "Erstfund eines fossilen Kugelfingergeckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylinae) aus Dominikanischem Bernstein (Oligozän von Hispaniola, Antillen)". Erstfund eines fossilen Kugelfingergeckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylinae) aus Dominikanischem Bernstein (Oligozän von Hispaniola, Antillen). 20 (4): 212–220. ISSN 0036-3375.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
- ^ Daza, Juan D.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Wagner, Philipp; Böhme, Wolfgang (2012-09-26). "A reconsideration of Sphaerodactylus dommeliBöhme, 1984 (Squamata: Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae), a Miocene lizard in amber". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 51 (1): 55–63. doi:10.1111/jzs.12001. ISSN 0947-5745.
- ^ Díaz‐Lameiro, Alondra M.; Oleksyk, Taras K.; Bird‐Picó, Fernando J.; Martínez‐Cruzado, Juan Carlos (2013-10-16). "Colonization of islands in the Mona Passage by endemic dwarf geckoes (genus Sphaerodactylus) reconstructed with mitochondrial phylogeny". Ecology and Evolution. 3 (13): 4488–4500. doi:10.1002/ece3.770. ISSN 2045-7758.
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