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