JACK L. CONRAD

Re-assessment of varanid evolution based on new data from Saniwa ensidens Leidy, 1870 (Squamata, Reptilia) (2008)

Jack L. Conrad, Olivier Rieppel, Lance Grande

Saniwa ensidens is a pivotal taxon for understanding varanid evolution. A complete specimen of Saniwa ensidens was recently described, offering important new insights into the morphology of this...

Phylogeny And Systematics Of Squamata (Reptilia) Based On Morphology (2008)

Jack L. Conrad

Squamata (amphisbaenians, “lizards”, mosasaurs, and snakes) is an extremely diverse clade with a rich fossil record. There is little consensus about the interrelationships of the major squamate...

The braincases of two glyptosaurines (anguidae, Squamata) and anguid phylogeny (2008)

Jack L. Conrad, Mark A. Norell

Glyptosaurines are an extinct clade of anguids whose remains are common in many Holarctic Paleogene and Cretaceous deposits. Despite their extensive fossil record (comprised mainly of scutes) the...

Shinisaur osteology and the evolution of squamata / (2005)

Conrad, Jack L.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, August 2005.

New dinosaurs link southern landmasses in the Mid-Cretaceous.

Sereno, Paul C., Wilson, Jeffrey A., Conrad, Jack L.

Abelisauroid predators have been recorded almost exclusively from South America, India and Madagascar, a distribution thought to document persistent land connections exclusive of Africa. Here, we...