Erdenetesaurus, Sulimski, 1975

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 : 103

Erdenetesaurus + Cherminsaurus

(figs. 54C, 55C)

DIAGNOSIS: Erdenetesaurus robinsonae and Cherminsaurus kozlowskii share two unambiguous synapomorphies according to this analysis: 166(1) articular-prearticular fused to the surangular and 185(1) presence of distinct subcoronoid and surangular processes of the dentary.

COMMENTS: As described and diagnosed by Sulimski (1975), E. robinsonae and C. kozlowskii are very similar. By the same token, cranial osteology may be very conserved in otherwise morphologically different species among extant squamates (e.g., closely related species of Anolis , Tiliqua , and Varanus ).