Araeosaurus Seeley 1881 (lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata

Parent taxon: Lacertilia according to H. G. Seeley 1881

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Changjiangidae, Costasaurus, Cremastosaurus, Cremastosaurus rhambastes, Diacium, Dicarlesia, Durotrigia, Francosaurophis, Iguanavus, Kionocrania, Natantia, Ophiosauri, Oxia, Paraprionosaurus, Repentia, Rhiptoglossa, Sauromorus, Tarratosaurus, Teilhardosaurus

Subtaxa: Araeosaurus gracilis

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Type: Araeosaurus gracilis

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Muthmannsdorf (Cretaceous of Austria)

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