Biology:Ardeosauridae

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Ardeosauridae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous
Ardeosaurus 1.JPG
Ardeosaurus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Ardeosauridae
Camp, 1923

Ardeosauridae is an extinct family of lizards known from the Late Jurassic of Germany and North America[1] and Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, with other potential species elsewhere from Europe and Asia over the same time period.[2]

The position of this family is debated; they are often recovered as gekkonomorphs,[1][3] but other studies have found them to be basal squamates, whereas others have found them to be the basalmost members of the Scincoidea or Iguania.[4][5]

The following genera are known:[6][7][5]

  • Ardeosaurus Meyer, 1855
  • Gurvelus Alifanov, 2019
  • Limnoscansor Meyer et al. 2023[1]
  • †Helioscopos Meyer et al. 2023[1]
  • †?Schoenesmahl Conrad, 2018
  • ? †Chometokadmon Costa, 1864
  • ? †Palaeolacerta Cocude-Michel, 1961
  • ? †Yabeinosaurus Endo and Shikama, 2005

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Meyer, Dalton; Brownstein, Chase D.; Jenkins, Kelsey M.; Gauthier, Jacques A. (2023-11-29). "A Morrison stem gekkotan reveals gecko evolution and Jurassic biogeography" (in en). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 (2011). doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.2284. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 10685121. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2284. 
  2. Alifanov, V. R. (May 20, 2019). "Lizards of the Families Eoxantidae, Ardeosauridae, Globauridae, and Paramacellodidae (Scincomorpha) from the Aptian–Albian of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal 53 (1): 74–88. doi:10.1134/s0031030119010039. ISSN 0031-0301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s0031030119010039. 
  3. Simões, Tiago R.; Caldwell, Michael W.; Nydam, Randall L.; Jiménez-Huidobro, Paulina (2016). "Osteology, phylogeny, and functional morphology of two Jurassic lizard species and the early evolution of scansoriality in geckoes". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1111/zoj.12487. ISSN 0024-4082. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12487. 
  4. Tałanda, Mateusz (2018-03-25). "An exceptionally preserved Jurassic skink suggests lizard diversification preceded fragmentation of Pangaea". Palaeontology 61 (5): 659–677. doi:10.1111/pala.12358. ISSN 0031-0239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12358. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Bolet, Arnau; Stubbs, Thomas L; Herrera-Flores, Jorge A; Benton, Michael J (2022-05-03). Zhu, Min; Perry, George H; Zhu, Min. eds. "The Jurassic rise of squamates as supported by lepidosaur disparity and evolutionary rates". eLife 11: e66511. doi:10.7554/eLife.66511. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 9064307. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.66511. 
  6. "IRMNG - Ardeosauridae Camp, 1923 †". https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116718. 
  7. Conrad, Jack L (2017-12-18). "A new lizard (Squamata) was the last meal of Compsognathus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and is a holotype in a holotype". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 183 (3): 584–634. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx055. ISSN 0024-4082. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx055. 

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