| Sphaerodactylus dommeli Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Sphaerodactylidae |
| Genus: | Sphaerodactylus |
| Species: | †S. dommeli |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sphaerodactylus dommeli Bohme 1984 | |
Sphaerodactylus dommeli is an extinct species of gecko that inhabited the Dominican Republic during the Miocene epoch.
Geological context
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).
Paleontological significance
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.
References
- 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. PMC 3856748.
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