Dolichosauridae
Extinct family of lizards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dolichosauridae (from Latin, dolichos = "long" and Greek sauros= lizard) is a family of Cretaceous aquatic lizards. They are widely considered to be the earliest and most primitive members of Mosasauria, though some researchers have recovered them as more closely related to snakes.[5]
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Dolichosauridae | |
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Fossil skeleton of Pontosaurus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | Toxicofera |
Family: | †Dolichosauridae Gervais, 1852 |
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