Melanosaurini, Sullivan, 1979

Conrad, J. L., 2008, Phylogeny And Systematics Of Squamata (Reptilia) Based On Morphology, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2008 (310), pp. 1-182 : 117-118

publication ID

0003-0090

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Melanosaurini
status

 

Melanosaurini + Glyptosaurini

(figs. 54D, 55D)

DIAGNOSIS: Melanosaurins and glyptosaurins form a clade to the exclusion of

Peltosaurus granulosus diagnosed by 57(1) frontals rhomboid in dorsal view and 78(1) parietal fossa closed posteriorly.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Anguidae

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