Anguimorpha
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| Anguimorpha | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scleroglossa |
| Infraorder: | Anguimorpha Fürbringer, 1900 |
Anguimorphs of the infraorder Anguimorpha include the anguids (alligator lizards, glass lizards, galliwasps and legless lizards), monitor lizards, the extinct mosasaurs, and helodermatids (Gila monster and beaded lizard). The infraorder was named by Fürbringer in 1900 to include all autarchoglossans closer to Varanus and Anguis than Scincus. These lizards, along with iguanians and snakes, constitute the proposed "venom clade" Toxicofera of all venomous reptiles.[1]
[edit] Taxonomy
- Infraorder Anguimorpha
- †Eolacerta robusta
- †Paravaranus angustifrons
- Varanoidea (Platynota)
- Anguoidea (= Diploglossa)
[edit] References
- ^ Fry, B. et al. (February 2006). "Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes" (PDF). Nature 439 (7076): 584–588. doi:10.1038/nature04328. PMID 16292255. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v439/n7076/abs/nature04328.html.
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