After Carroll, 1988, and Rieppel, 1994
Family-level taxonomy of basal lepidosauriforms.
<==o Lepidosauriformes Gauthier, Estes & de Queiroz, 1988 |?- †Palaeagama vielhaueri Broom, 1926; ?U.Perm. ?L.Trias. SAf. [paraphyletic Paliguanidae] |?- †Paliguana whitei Broom, 1903; ?U.Perm. ?L.Trias. SAf. [paraphyletic Paliguanidae] |?- †Saurosternon bainii Huxley, 1868; ?U.Perm. ?L.Trias. SAf. [paraphyletic Paliguanidae] `--+--o †Eolacertilia [paraphyletic?] | |?- †Colubrifer campi Carroll, 1982 [jr synon. Owenetta Broom, 1939 (Parareptilia: Owenettidae)] | |?- †Lacertulus bipes Carroll & Thompson, 1982; ?U.Perm. ?L.Trias. SAf. | |?- †Litakis gilmorei Estes, 1964; U.Cret. WNAm. | |-- †Fulengia youngi Carroll & Galton, 1977; U.Trias. SEAs. [Fulengidae] | `--o †Kuehneosauridae Robinson, 1962 | |?-+?- †Longisquama insignis Saharov [Longisquamidae] [Diapsida indet.] | | `-- †Icarosaurus siefkeri Colbert, 1966; U.Trias. ENAm. | |-- †Kuehneosaurus latus Robinson, 1962; U.Trias. WEu. | |-- †Kuehneosuchus latissimus (Robinson, 1962); U.Trias. WEu. | |-- †Pamelina polonica Evans, 2009 | |?- †Perparvus | `?- †Rhabdopelix longispinis Cope, 1870 (nomen dubium) `--o Lepidosauria Dumeril & Bibron, 1839 [non Haeckel, 1866] |?- †Tamaulipasaurus morenoi Clark & Hernandez R., 1994 |-- Sphenodontida [Rynchocephalia Günther, 1867] (Sphenodontians; alkuliskot) `-- Squamata Oppel, 1811 [non Merrem, 1820] (Lizards " Snakes; suomumatelijat) Lepidosauria incertae sedis: †‘Patricosaurus merocratus’ Seeley, 1887 [in partim, lepidosaur parts]
Reference(s):
- Barrett, P. M. & Evans, S. E., 2002: A reassessment of the Early Cretaceous reptile ‘Patricosaurus merocratus’ Seeley from the Cambridge Greensand, Cambridgeshire, UK.
–Cretaceous Research: Vol. 23, #2, pp. 231-240 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
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–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Clark, J. M. & Hernandez R., R., 1994: A new burrowing diapsid from the Jurassic La Boca Formation of Tamaulipas, Mexico. –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 14, #2, pp. 180-195
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–Palaeontologia Polonica: Vol. 65, pp. 145-178 - Rieppel, O. 1994: The Lepidosauromorpha: an overview with special emphasis on the Squamata. 23-37.
in Fraser, N. C. & Sues, H-D. 1994: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs.
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