Paravaranus angustifrons + Mosasauria

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 : 125

publication ID

0003-0090

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5459366

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF23879D-D12F-FFC6-FF00-AC554D0AD3A2

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scientific name

Paravaranus angustifrons + Mosasauria
status

 

Paravaranus angustifrons + Mosasauria

(figs. 55E, 56D)

DIAGNOSIS: These taxa are united, to the exclusion of Eosaniwa koehni , by 6(1) posteriorly elongated nares, 8(0) absence of dermal sculpturing on the maxilla, 9(0) absence of dermal sculpturing on the prefrontal, 10(0) absence of dermal sculpturing from the frontal and parietal, 47(1) jugal curved (rather than angulated), 55(1) fused frontals, 115(1) absence of palatine teeth and 189(0) a shortened splenial (see character description above).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Paravaranidae

Genus

Paravaranus

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