Xenosauridae

Xenosaurus grandis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Xenosauridae
Genera (1 + †2): †Exostinus – †Restes – Xenosaurus

Name

• Xenosauridae Cope, 1867: 322

Type genus: Xenosaurus Peters, 1861, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. [1866] 1867. Fifth contribution lo the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18: 317–323. BHL

Additional references

• Bhullar, B.-A.S. 2011. The Power and Utility of Morphological Characters in Systematics: A Fully Resolved Phylogeny of Xenosaurus and Its Fossil Relatives (Squamata: Anguimorpha). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 160(3): 65–181. DOI: 10.3099/0027-4100-160.3.65

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