Biology:Eolacertilia
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Short description: Extinct clade of reptiles
| Eolacertilia | |
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| Skull of Paliguana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Lepidosauromorpha |
| Order: | †Eolacertilia Robinson, 1967 |
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Eolacertilia ("dawn lizards") is an extinct clade of lepidosauriform diapsid reptiles known from the Late Permian to the Late Triassic. It is uncertain as to whether they are a natural group and it has been suggested that they form a "waste basket" taxon. Currently, the only members of the group are Paliguana and Kuehneosauridae.[2] Other genera were transferred to basal groups within Diapsida (such as Palaeagama and Saurosternon), Archosauromorpha (Tanystropheus and Cteniogenys).[3]
References
- ↑ Jones, M. E.; Anderson, C.; Hipsley, C. A.; Müller, J.; Evans, S. E.; Schoch, R. R. (2013). "Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)". BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 208. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-208. PMID 24063680.
- ↑ Susan E. Evans and Magdalena Borsuk−Białynicka (2009). "A small lepidosauromorph reptile from the Early Triassic of Poland". Paleontologica Polonica 65: 179–202. http://palaeontologia.pan.pl/PP65/PP65_179-202.pdf. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- ↑ Evans, S. E. (2003). "At the feet of the dinosaurs: The early history and radiation of lizards". Biological Reviews 78 (4): 513–551. doi:10.1017/S1464793103006134. PMID 14700390. http://doc.rero.ch/record/16165/files/PAL_E3367.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2300322 entry
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