-
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...
- 722576. S2CID 130165209.
Kenshu Shimada;
Tracy K.
Ystesund (2007). "A
dolichosaurid lizard,
Coniasaurus cf. C. cr****idens, from the
Upper Cretaceous Carlile...
-
Pontosaurus kornhuberi Caldwell, 2006
Upper Cretaceous Dolichosauridae A
dolichosaurid lizard Pronotacanthus sahelalmae (Davis, 1887)
Santonian Notacanthidae...
- The
upper jaw
closely relates to that of varanids, scincoids, and
dolichosaurids. The
maxilla specifically resembles that of
lepidosaurs more so than...
-
DIMAC quarry Dentary,
teeth A
dolichosaurid squamate Dolichosaurus D.
longicollis DIMAC quarry Dorsal vertebra A
dolichosaurid squamate Mosasauroidea indet...
-
potentially a non-mosasaurid mosasauroid,
though likely more basal.
Perhaps a
dolichosaurid.
Adriosaurus Seeley 1881
Valid Slovenia More
basal than the Mosasauridae...
-
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...
