Ankylopoda
Former group of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the extinct group of mammals, see Ancylopoda. For the group of dinosaurs, see Ankylosauria.
Ankylopoda was a proposed clade that hypothetically contains turtles and lepidosaurs (tuatara, lizards and snakes) and their fossil relatives. This clade was historically supported based on microRNA analysis[1] as well as some cladistic analyses.[2] However, it was strongly contradicted by molecular evidence which supports Archelosauria (the grouping of turtles and archosaurs),[3] and other recent cladistic analyses have supported Archelosauria over Ankylopoda.[4]
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Ankylopods | |
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Proganochelys quenstedti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Sauria |
Clade: | Ankylopoda Lyson et al., 2012 |
Extant subclades | |
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