Ardeosauridae
| Ardeosauridae Temporal range:
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| Ardeosaurus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | †Ardeosauridae Camp, 1923 |
Ardeosauridae is an extinct family of lizards known from the Late Jurassic of Germany and Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, with other potential species elsewhere from Europe and Asia over the same time period.[1]
The position of this family is debated; some studies have found them to be basal squamates, whereas others have found them to be the basalmost members of the Scincoidea or Iguania.[2][3]
The following genera are known:[4][5][3]
- †Ardeosaurus Meyer, 1855 (A. brevipes, to the exclusion of A. digitatellus)
- †Gurvelus Alifanov, 2019
- †Schoenesmahl Conrad, 2018
- ? †Chometokadmon Costa, 1864
- ? †Palaeolacerta Cocude-Michel, 1961
- ? †Yabeinosaurus Endo and Shikama, 2005
References
- ^ Alifanov, V. R. (May 20, 2019). "Lizards of the Families Eoxantidae, Ardeosauridae, Globauridae, and Paramacellodidae (Scincomorpha) from the Aptian–Albian of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal. 53 (1): 74–88. doi:10.1134/s0031030119010039. ISSN 0031-0301.
- ^ Tałanda, Mateusz (2018-03-25). "An exceptionally preserved Jurassic skink suggests lizard diversification preceded fragmentation of Pangaea". Palaeontology. 61 (5): 659–677. doi:10.1111/pala.12358. ISSN 0031-0239.
- ^ a b Bolet, Arnau; Stubbs, Thomas L; Herrera-Flores, Jorge A; Benton, Michael J (2022-05-03). Zhu, Min; Perry, George H; Zhu, Min (eds.). "The Jurassic rise of squamates as supported by lepidosaur disparity and evolutionary rates". eLife. 11: e66511. doi:10.7554/eLife.66511. ISSN 2050-084X.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "IRMNG - Ardeosauridae Camp, 1923 †". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ Conrad, Jack L (2017-12-18). "A new lizard (Squamata) was the last meal of Compsognathus (Theropoda: Dinosauria) and is a holotype in a holotype". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183 (3): 584–634. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx055. ISSN 0024-4082.