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Carusioidea
Taxonomy
Carusioidea was named by Gao and Norell (1998). Its type is Carusia.
It was assigned to Anguimorpha by Gao and Norell (1998), Gao and Norell (2000) and Evans and Wang (2005).
It was assigned to Anguimorpha by Gao and Norell (1998), Gao and Norell (2000) and Evans and Wang (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Carusioidea Gao and Norell p. 3 |
| 2000 | Carusioidea Gao and Norell p. 90 |
| 2005 | Carusioidea Evans and Wang p. 725 |
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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.
Superfm. †Carusioidea Gao and Norell 1998
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| K. -Q. Gao and M. A. Norell 1998 | The new taxon Carusioidea can be diagnosed by the following derived characters: frontals fused; lateral border of frontals constricted between orbits; presence of jugal-squamosal contact below supratemporal arch; presence of cranial osteoderms with vermiculate rugosities; postorbital branch of jugal sculptured; anterior tapering of surangular strongly reduced; and surangular extends anteriorly slightly beyond coronoid eminence. |