Araeoscelidia
Sign in to saveAraeoscelidia or Araeoscelida is a clade of extinct tetrapods (traditionally classified as diapsid reptiles) superficially resembling lizards, extending from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian. The group contains the genera Araeoscelis, Petrolacosaurus, the possibly aquatic Spinoaequalis, and less well-known genera such as Kadaliosaurus and Zarcasaurus. This clade has historically been considered to be the sister group to all (currently known) later diapsids, though studies from the early 2020s onwards have found it much closer to the base of Sauropsida unrelated to other diapsid rept
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- Parent taxon
- Diapsid
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- Petrolacosaurus BW.jpg
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- Araeoscelidia
- taxon name
- Araeoscelidia
- topic's main category
- Category:Araeoscelidia
- start time
- 302000000-
- end time
- 275600000-
- temporal range end
- Permian
- temporal range start
- Carboniferous
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Araeoscelidia or Araeoscelida is a clade of extinct tetrapods (traditionally classified as diapsid reptiles) superficially resembling lizards, extending from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian. The group contains the genera Araeoscelis, Petrolacosaurus, the possibly aquatic Spinoaequalis, and less well-known genera such as Kadaliosaurus and Zarcasaurus. This clade has historically been considered to be the sister group to all (currently known) later diapsids, though studies from the early 2020s onwards have found it much closer to the base of Sauropsida unrelated to other diapsid reptiles, or even outside Reptilia entirely, suggesting their physically diapsid skull is unrelated to those of modern diapsids.
==Description==
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