Carusioidea
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carusioidea-280-2551362
title:
Carusioidea
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Carusioidea is a clade of lizards that includes the family Xenosauridae from Central America and the extinct genus Carusia from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. It was named in 1998 after a sister-group relationship was found between Carusia and Xenosauridae. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that Carusioidea is the most basal clade within Anguimorpha. Features that help define Carusioidea include closely spaced orbits or eye sockets separated by fused frontal bones, a connection between the jugal
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encyclopedia
description:
Clade of lizards
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carusioidea
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date modified:
2024-04-06T03:25:37Z
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