Temporal range: Early Cretaceous-Late Cretaceous, Barremian–Maastrichtian
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Skeleton of the polyglyphanodontian Polyglyphanodon sternbergi
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Clade:
Scincogekkonomorpha
Clade:
†Polyglyphanodontia Alifanov, 2000
Synonyms
Borioteiioidea Nydam et al., 2007
Polyglyphanodontia, also known as the Borioteiioidea, is an extinct clade of Cretaceous lizards. Polyglyphanodontians were the dominant group of lizards in North America[1] and Asia[2] during the Late Cretaceous.
^Longrich N. R., Bhullar A.-B. S.; et al. (2012). "Mass extinction of lizards and snakes at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (52): 21396–21401. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10921396L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1211526110. PMC 3535637. PMID 23236177.
^Gao K.; Hou L. (1996). "Systematics and taxonomic diversity of squamates from the Upper Cretaceous Djadochta Formation, Bayan Mandahu, Gobi Desert, People's Republic of China". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 33 (4): 578–598. Bibcode:1996CaJES..33..578G. doi:10.1139/e96-043.
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