High-resolution X-ray CT scanning reveals the first resin-embedded miniature gecko of the genus Ebenavia

AutorInnen:

Daza, J. D., Hunziker, J. P., Bauer, A. M., Wagner, P., Böhme, W.

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Vollständiger Titel:

Things are not always as they seem: High-resolution X-ray CT scanning reveals the first resin-embedded miniature gecko of the genus Ebenavia

ZFMK-Autorinnen / ZFMK-Autoren:

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhme

Org. Einordnung:

Herpetologie

Publiziert in:

Bonn zoological Bulletin

Publikationstyp:

Zeitschriftenaufsatz

Keywords:

Sphaerodactylus, Ebenavia, CT scan, Madagascar, Osteology

Bibliographische Angaben:

Daza, J. D., Hunziker, J. P., Bauer, A. M., Wagner, P., Böhme, W. (2018): Things are not always as they seem: High-resolution X-ray CT scanning reveals the first resin-embedded miniature gecko of the genus Ebenavia. - Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (2): 71–77.

Abstract:

We identify a presumed specimen of Sphaerodactylus in amber from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig as being embedded in copal, rather than amber. Further, the specimen matches the morphology not of a Hispaniolan gecko, but of the extant Madagascan species Ebenavia boettgeri, which occurs in a known area of copal deposits.