- Araeoscelidia
Taxobox
name = Araeoscelidia
synonyms = Araeoscelida
image_caption = "Petrolacosaurus "
status = fossil
fossil_range =Carboniferous -Permian
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Sauropsida
subclassis =Diapsida
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Araeoscelis "
"Petrolacosaurus "
"Spinoaequalis "
"Kadaliosaurus "
"Zarcasaurus "Araeoscelidia or Araeoscelida is a
clade of extinctdiapsid reptiles superficially resemblinglizards . It contains the genera "Araeoscelis ", "Petrolacosaurus ", the possibly aquatic "Spinoaequalis ", and less well-known genera such as "Kadaliosaurus " and "Zarcasaurus ".This clade is considered to be the
sister group to all (currently known) later diapsids.References
* cite book
author = Carroll, Robert L.
year = 1988
title = Vertebrate paleontology and evolution
location = New York
publisher = W.H. Freeman and Co* cite book
author = Benton, Michael J.
year = 2000
title = Vertebrate paleontology
publisher = Blackwell Science
location = Oxford
edition = 2nd edition
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