squamate
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of squamate
From the Late Latin word squāmātus, dating back to 1820–30. See squama, -ate 1
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"We obtained pictures for more than 900 embryos from 39 snake and other limbless squamate species. That's a statistically robust sample."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The authors found that early squamate evolution involved a great deal of anatomical experimentation and convergent evolution, which helps explain why the earliest snake story has been so difficult to untangle from fossils alone.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026
They said Cryptovaranoides was clearly a squamate because it differed from the Rhynchocephalia in several key areas, including the braincase, in the neck vertebrae and in the shoulder area.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2022
Several squamate clades – including Iguania, Varanida, Serpentes, Lacertida and Scincida – include species more than 4 m long.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2013
These are certainly not the only fossil squamate eggs – there are gekkotan eggs from the Cretaceous of Spain, India, Mongolia and the USA, the Miocene of Kenya, Oligocene of Germany and elsewhere.
From Scientific American ● May 15, 2012
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