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Although many fossils were previously referred to Gerrhonotinae, most of those fossils are isolated and fragmentary cranial elements that could not be placed in a precise phylogenetic context, and only a handful of known fossils are articulated skulls. The fossil record has provided limited information on the biogeography and phylogeny of Gerrhonotinae.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We redescribe a nearly complete articulated fossil skull from the Pliocene sediments of the Anza-Borrego Desert in southern California, and refer the specimen to the alligator lizard genus<jats:italic>Elgaria<\/jats:italic>. The fossil is a representative of a newly described species,<jats:italic>Elgaria peludoverde<\/jats:italic>. We created a morphological matrix to assess the phylogeny of alligator lizards and facilitate identifications of fossil gerrhonotines. The matrix contains a considerably expanded taxonomic sample relative to previous morphological studies of gerrhonotines, and we sampled two specimens for many species to partially account for intraspecific variation. Specimen-based phylogenetic analyses of our dataset using Bayesian inference and parsimony inferred that<jats:italic>Elgaria peludoverde<\/jats:italic>is part of crown<jats:italic>Elgaria<\/jats:italic>. The new species is potentially related to the extant species<jats:italic>Elgaria kingii<\/jats:italic>and<jats:italic>Elgaria paucicarinata<\/jats:italic>, but that relationship was not strongly supported, probably because of extensive variation among<jats:italic>Elgaria<\/jats:italic>. We explored several alternative biogeographic scenarios implied by the geographic and temporal occurrence of the new species and its potential phylogenetic placements.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>Elgaria peludoverde<\/jats:italic>is the first described extinct species of<jats:italic>Elgaria<\/jats:italic>and provides new information on the biogeographic history and diversification of<jats:italic>Elgaria<\/jats:italic>. Our research expands the understanding of phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of alligator lizards and strengthens the foundation of future investigations. The osteological data and phylogenetic matrix that we provided will be critical for future efforts to place fossil gerrhonotines. Despite limited intraspecific sampled sizes, we encountered substantial variation among gerrhonotines, demonstrating the value of exploring patterns of variation for morphological phylogenetics and for the phylogenetic placement of fossils. Future osteological investigations on the species we examined and on species we did not examine will continue to augment our knowledge of patterns of variation in alligator lizards and aid in phylogenetics and fossil placement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12862-021-01912-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,29]],"date-time":"2021-09-29T13:06:00Z","timestamp":1632920760000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["A new extinct species of alligator lizard (Squamata: Elgaria) and an expanded perspective on the osteology and phylogeny of Gerrhonotinae"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Simon G.","family":"Scarpetta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David T.","family":"Ledesma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christopher J.","family":"Bell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"1912_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"676","DOI":"10.2307\/1440971","volume":"1963","author":"R Estes","year":"1963","unstructured":"Estes R. 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