-
identify Tetrapodophis as a
dolichosaurid. The
exact phylogenetic placement of
Dolichosauridae is also disputed.
Dolichosaurids could be
related to Ophidia...
- and
Caldwell (2010),
suggests that
snakes are more
closely related to
Dolichosaurids than
mosasaurs proper.
placing the
Dolichosauridae as a
sister group...
- Cretaceous, 121–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Clockwise from top left:
dolichosaurids (Dolichosaurus, Pontosaurus, and Tetrapodophis) and
mosasauroids (Mosasaurus...
- some
studies have
placed it as an even
closer relative to
snakes than
dolichosaurids. Only one
species of
Aphanizocnemus is known, the type
species A. libanensis...
-
authors list (link)
Kenshu Shimada and
Tracy K.
Ystesund (2007). "A
dolichosaurid lizard,
Coniasaurus cf. C. cr****idens, from the
Upper Cretaceous Carlile...
-
DIMAC quarry Dentary,
teeth A
dolichosaurid squamate Dolichosaurus D.
longicollis DIMAC quarry Dorsal vertebra A
dolichosaurid squamate Mosasauroidea indet...
- The
upper jaw
closely relates to that of varanids, scincoids, and
dolichosaurids. The
maxilla specifically resembles that of
lepidosaurs more so than...
- placement;
originally classified as an early, four-legged snake, but
subsequently argued to be a
dolichosaurid. The type
species is
Tetrapodophis amplectus....
- but
these have
since been
interpreted as
plesiosaur elements instead.
Dolichosaurids became rare
after OAE2,
whereas mosasauroid diversity bloomed in its...
-
fluctuations in sea
level did not
appear to have any
significant effects on
dolichosaurid evolution during the
Cenomanian and Turonian. The
degree to
which the...
