Shinisauridae

Shinisauridae
Temporal range: Eocene - present, 52–0 Ma
Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Shinisauria
Family: Shinisauridae
Ahl, 1930
Genera

Bahndwivici
Shinisaurus

Shinisauridae is a family of anguimorph lizards whose only living representative is the Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus) from China and Vietnam, but which also includes the extinct genus Bahndwivici from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming in the United States.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Conrad, J. L. (2006). "An Eocene shinisaurid (Reptilia, Squamata) from Wyoming, U.S.A". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26: 113–113. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[113:AESRSF]2.0.CO;2.
  2. Conrad, J. L. (2008). "Phylogeny and Systematics of Squamata (Reptilia) Based on Morphology". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 310: 1–0. doi:10.1206/310.1.
  3. Conrad, J. L.; Ast, J. C.; Montanari, S.; Norell, M. A. (2011). "A combined evidence phylogenetic analysis of Anguimorpha (Reptilia: Squamata)". Cladistics. 27 (3): 230. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00330.x.


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