Biology:Teiformata
Teiformata is a clade of squamate reptiles within Lacertoidea that comprises the New World lizard families Gymnophthalmidae and Teiidae.[1] The name was introduced in a molecular phylogenetic classification of squamates by Vidal and Hedges (2005).[2]
Taxonomy and systematics
Vidal and Hedges (2005) placed Teiformata within their higher-level grouping Laterata, alongside Lacertiformata and Amphisbaenia.[2] In that scheme, Lacertiformata and Amphisbaenia were recovered together as Lacertibaenia, distinct from Teiformata within Laterata.[2]
Phylogeny
Large-scale molecular phylogenies have supported a lacertoidean clade containing Gymnophthalmidae and Teiidae.[1] Within the same lacertoidean context, a separate clade uniting Lacertidae and Amphisbaenia has also been recovered, highlighting a major split among sampled lacertoidean lineages in these analyses.[1]
Distribution
Because both constituent families are New World groups, Teiformata is primarily an American clade in terms of the present-day distribution of its living members.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pyron, R. Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T.; Wiens, John J. (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 (1). doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMID 23627680. Bibcode: 2013BMCEE..13...93P.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid
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