Talk:Aigialosauridae

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constituent taxa

In the cladistic analysis of Adriosaurus skrbinensis by Caldwell and Palci (2010), Adriosaurus, Dolichosaurus, and Coniasaurus are recovered as closer to Ophidia than to either Aigialosaurus or Mosasauridae, a hark back to the hypothesis of the paraphyly of Aigialosauridae suggested by several workers (see Dutchak 2005 for discussion of the systematics of Aigialosauridae). Proaigialosaurus is unlikely to be an aigialosaurid because it was found in the Solnhofen Limestome, far older than Aigialosaurus.

Michael W. Caldwell and Alessandro Palci (2010). "A new species of marine ophidiomorph lizard, Adriosaurus skrbinensis, from the Upper Cretaceous of Slovenia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (3): 747–755. DOI:10.1080/02724631003762963.

Dutchak, A.R. 2005. A review of the taxonomy and systematics of aigialosaurs. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 84 (3): 221 - 22.68.4.61.168 (talk) 03:48, 13 July 2012 (UTC)Vahe Demirjian[reply]