-
includes the
prehistoric araeoscelidians. In 1991,
Laurin defined Diapsida as a clade, "the most
recent common ancestor of
araeoscelidians, lepidosaurs, and...
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considered to be the
sister group to all (currently known)
later diapsids.
Araeoscelidians were
small animals (less than one
meter in length)
looking somewhat...
- as more
derived than
captorhinids and Hylonomus, but less so than
araeoscelidians.
Anthracodromeus is the
earliest known reptile to
display adaptations...
- the
species name.
Halgaitosaurus shows many
features in
common with
araeoscelidians. The
cervical (neck)
vertebrae are elongated, and all
vertebrae in...
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Permian diapsids which linked the most
basal ("primitive")
diapsids (
araeoscelidians such as Petrolacosaurus) to more
derived ("advanced") diapsids, including...
- this tree,
parareptiles include turtles and are
closely related to non-
araeoscelidian diapsids. The
family Varanopidae,
otherwise included in Synapsida, is...
- it has also been
suggested that
captorhinids is the
sister group of
araeoscelidians,
which together makes up a
clade of stem-amniotes
outside the amniote...
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Zarcasaurus tanyderus is a
species of
araeoscelidian tetrapods found in the
Cutler Formation (Early Permian) of New Mexico. The only
elements of the skeleton...
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Genus Species Notes Images Araeoscelis A.
grandis An
araeoscelidian diapsid Captorhinus C.
aguti A
captorhinid Ectocynodon E.
incisivus Junior synonym...
- and
superficially resembled a
modern lizard. It
differed from
other araeoscelidians, such as Petrolacosaurus, in that its
teeth were
larger and blunter;...
