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Carusiidae
Taxonomy
Carusiidae was named by Borsuk-Bialynicka (1987).
It was assigned to Scincomorpha by Gao and Hou (1996), Alifanov (2000); and to Carusioidea by Gao and Norell (2000).
It was assigned to Scincomorpha by Gao and Hou (1996), Alifanov (2000); and to Carusioidea by Gao and Norell (2000).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Carolinidae Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 153 |
| 1987 | Carusiidae Borsuk-Bialynicka |
| 1996 | Carusiidae Gao and Hou p. 587 |
| 2000 | Carusiidae Alifanov p. 377 |
| 2000 | Carusiidae Gao and Norell p. 90 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Carusiidae Borsuk-Bialynicka 1987
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Invalid names: Carolinidae Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985 [replaced]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985 (Carolinidae) | Autarchoglossan lizards with large eyes and short and vaulted snout. They differ from all scincomorphans by small element pattern of the osteodermal skull covering, and from all anguimorphans by paired premaxillae, long, fingerlike descensus parietalis, lack of alary process of prootic, large vomeropalatine contact, poorly individualised vomerine process of palatine, largely open mandibular fossa and by presence of a lateral overlap of dentary on coronoid |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) | Shinisauroides latipalatum (37184) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Shinisauroides latipalatum (13776 37004) |