Monstersauria

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Monstersauria
Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent
Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Infraorder: Neoanguimorpha
Clade: Monstersauria

Monstersauria is a clade of varanoid lizards, defined as all taxa more closely related to Heloderma than Varanus. It includes Heloderma, as well as several extinct genera, such as Estesia, Primaderma and Gobiderma, but it was found to be polyphyletic in the most recent and complete squamate phylogenetic analysis by Reeder et al. (2015).[1]

References

  1. ^ Tod W. Reeder; Ted M. Townsend; Daniel G. Mulcahy; Brice P. Noonan; Perry L. Wood, Jr.; Jack W. Sites, Jr.; John J. Wiens (2015). "Integrated Analyses Resolve Conflicts over Squamate Reptile Phylogeny and Reveal Unexpected Placements for Fossil Taxa". PLOS ONE. 10 (3): e0118199. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1018199R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118199. PMC 4372529. PMID 25803280.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)


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