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Carusia

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Carusia was named by Borsuk-Bialynicka (1987). It is not extant. Its type is Carusia intermedia. It is the type genus of Carusioidea.

It was assigned to Xenosauridae by Alifanov (1993); to Carusiidae by Gao and Hou (1996), Gao and Norell (1998), Alifanov (2000) and Gao and Norell (2000); to Anguimorpha by Conrad (2004); to Anguimorpha by Conrad (2006); and to Scincoidea by Reeder et al. (2015).

Species
C. intermedia (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Carolina Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 153
1987Carusia Borsuk-Bialynicka
1993Carussia Alifanov p. 10
1996Carusia Gao and Hou
1998Carusia Gao and Norell p. 3
2000Carusia Alifanov p. 377
2000Carusia Gao and Norell p. 90
2004Carusia Conrad
2006Carusia Conrad p. 122
2015Carusia Reeder et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
genusCarusia

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.

G. †Carusia Borsuk-Bialynicka 1987
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†Carusia intermedia Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985
Invalid names: Carolina Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Borsuk-Bialynicka 1985 (Carolina)Differs from Shinisauroides by more slender skull bones, and, particularly so, the palate, snout, jugal, and mandible, by less steeply ascending jugal and by life position of mandible, manifested by its lateral surfaces subperpendicular to the ventral surface of the skull.