https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:45287 Wed 26 Oct 2022 17:20:21 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:40299 Thu 07 Jul 2022 15:39:36 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:20296 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:55:14 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27419 1 m, suggesting that deep nesting in V. panoptes may be an evolutionary response to egg desiccation during the long (approximately 8 months) dry season incubation period. Alternatively, lizards may avoid shallower nesting because even slight daily temperature fluctuations are detrimental to developing embryos; our data show that this species may have the most stable incubation environment of any reptile and possibly any ectotherm. Soil-filled burrows do not support the hypothesis generated for Daimonelix that the helix would provide more consistent temperature and humidity as a result of limited air circulation in dry palaeoclimates. We suggest that Daimonelix were used mainly for nesting or rearing young, because helical burrows of extant vertebrates are generally associated with a nest. The extraordinary nesting in this lizard reflects a system in which adaptive hypotheses for the function of fossil helical burrows can be readily tested.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:35:23 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:44520 Mon 17 Oct 2022 08:35:24 AEDT ]]>