Reptilia - Squamata - Gekkonidae
Full reference: J. D. Daza and A. M. Bauer. 2012. A new amber-embedded sphaerodactyl gecko from Hispaniola, with comments on morphological synapomorphies of the Sphaerodactylidae. Breviora 529:1-28
Belongs to Sphaerodactylus according to Daza and Bauer 2012
Sister taxon: Sphaerodactylus dommeli
Type specimen: MCZ R–186380, a partial skeleton (an amber-embedded skeletonized and articulated specimen preserving patches of integument, most of the left basicranium, the posterior part of the left jaw, part). Its type locality is Dominican amber, La Toca (Work collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian fluvial-deltaic shale/amber in the El Mamey Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, La Toca (Work collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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