| Sphaerodactylus dommeli Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | 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.
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).
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.
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