Editing Gecko (section)

=== Evolutionary history ===
[[File:Eichstaettisaurus schroederi 398858 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Skeleton of ''[[Eichstaettisaurus]],'' thought to be an early member of the gecko lineage]]
[[File:Deutsches Bernsteinmuseum 04 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Fossil of ''[[Yantarogekko]]'' preserved in Baltic amber]]
Several species of lizard from the Late Jurassic have been considered early relatives of geckos, the most prominent and most well supported being the arboreal ''[[Eichstaettisaurus]]'' from the Late Jurassic of Germany. ''[[Norellius]]'' from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia is also usually placed as a close relative of geckos.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tałanda |first=Mateusz |date=September 2018 |editor-last=Benson |editor-first=Roger |title=An exceptionally preserved Jurassic skink suggests lizard diversification preceded fragmentation of Pangaea |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12358 |journal=Palaeontology |language=en |volume=61 |issue=5 |pages=659–677 |doi=10.1111/pala.12358 |bibcode=2018Palgy..61..659T |s2cid=134878128 |access-date=2022-06-17 |archive-date=2022-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617042556/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12358 |url-status=live }}</ref> The oldest known fossils of modern geckos are from the mid-Cretaceous [[Burmese amber]] of Myanmar (including ''[[Cretaceogekko]]''), around 100 million years old, which have adhesive pads on the feet similar to those of living geckos.<ref>{{cite web |author=Arnold, E.N. |author-link=:fr:Edwin Nicholas Arnold |author2=Poinar, G. |author2-link=George Poinar |name-list-style=amp |date=2008 |title=A 100 million year old gecko with sophisticated adhesive toe pads, preserved in amber from Myanmar (abstract) |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01847p068f.pdf |publisher=[[Zootaxa]] |accessdate=August 12, 2009 |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423164342/https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01847p068f.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fontanarrosa |first1=Gabriela |last2=Daza |first2=Juan D. |last3=Abdala |first3=Virginia |date=April 2018 |title=Cretaceous fossil gecko hand reveals a strikingly modern scansorial morphology: Qualitative and biometric analysis of an amber-preserved lizard hand |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.003 |journal=Cretaceous Research |volume=84 |pages=120–133 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.003 |bibcode=2018CrRes..84..120F |issn=0195-6671|hdl=11336/64819 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bauer |first=A M |date=2019-07-01 |title=Gecko Adhesion in Space and Time: A Phylogenetic Perspective on the Scansorial Success Story |journal=Integrative and Comparative Biology |volume=59 |issue=1 |pages=117–130 |doi=10.1093/icb/icz020 |pmid=30938766 |issn=1540-7063|doi-access=free }}</ref>