Araeoscelidia
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Araeoscelidia or Araeoscelida is a clade of extinct diapsid reptiles superficially resembling lizards. It contains the genera Araeoscelis, Petrolacosaurus, the possibly aquatic Spinoaequalis, and less well-known genera such as Kadaliosaurus and Zarcasaurus.
This clade is considered to be the sister group to all (currently known) later diapsids.
[edit] References
- Carroll, Robert L. (1988). Vertebrate paleontology and evolution. New York: W.H. Freeman and Co.
- Benton, Michael J. (2000). Vertebrate paleontology, 2nd edition, Oxford: Blackwell Science.
