Platynota

<==o Platynota (varaanintapaiset liskot, Varanus-like lizards)
   |?- †Proplatynota [Proplatynotia?]
   |?- †Parviderma
   |--o †Necrosauridae [paraphyletic?]
   |  |?- †Provaranosaurus
   |  |-- †Colpodontosaurus
   |  |-- †Eosaniwa
   |  |-- †Necrosaurus [Melanosauroides, Odontomophis, Palaeosaurus, Palaeovaranus]
   |  `-- †Parasaniwa wyomingensis
   `--+?- †Gobiderma [Gobidermatidae]
      `--+?-o Pythonomorpha (käärmeet & meriliskot; snakes & mosasaurids) [traditionally placed here, for most recent view, see Squamata]
         |  |--o †Coniasaurus
         |  |  |-- †C. crassidens
         |  |  `-- †C. gracilodens
         |  `--+-- †Mosasauroidea (meriliskot)
         |     `-- Serpentes [Ophidia] (snakes; käärmeet)
         `--o Thecoglossa
            `--o Varanoidea [last common ancestor of Lanthanotus, Heloderma & Varanus]
               |-- Varanidae (varaanit, monitor lizards) [“Varanoidea”]
               `--o Monstersauria Norell & Gao, 1997 [Estesioidea]
                  |-- †Estesia mongoliensis
                  |?- †Telmasaurus
                  `--+--o Lanthanotidae (kuurovaraanit)
                     |  |-- †Cherminotus
                     |  `-- Lanthanotus borneensis Steindachner, 1878 (kuurovaraani; earless monitor)
                     `--o Helodermatidae (myrkkyliskot)
                         |-- †Paraderma bogerti
                         |-- †Eurheloderma
                         `--o Heloderma Cope, 1896 (myrkkyliskot)
                            |--o H. suspectum Cope, 1896 (gilahirviö; gila monster)
                            |  |-- H. s. cinctum Bogert & Martín del Campo, 1956 (Banded Gila Monster)
                            |  `-- H. s. suspectum Cope, 1896  (Reticulate Gila Monster)
                            `--o H. horridus (Wiegmann, 1829) (skorpionilisko; beaded lizard)
                               |-- H. h. horridus (Wiegmann, 1829)
                               |-- H. h. alvarezi Bogert & Martín del Campo, 1956
                               |-- H. h. exasperatum Bogert & Martín del Campo, 1956
                               `-- H. h. charlesbogerti Campbell & Vannini, 1988

Reference(s):

Caldwell, M. W., 1999: Squamate phylogeny and the relationships of snakes and mosasauroids.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Vol. 125, pp. 115-147
Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L. 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
Evans, S. E. & Barbadillo, J., 1997: Early Cretaceous lizards from Las Hoyas, Spain.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 119, #1, pp. 23-49.
Pepin, D. J., 199?: The origin of monitor lizards based on a review of the fossil evidence.
–iNet: http://artsci.wustl.edu/~djpepin/fossil.html
Pianka, E. R., 199?: Evolution of varanid lizards.
–iNet: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/varanus.html
Uetz, P., Etzold, T. & Chenna, R. (eds.), 1995-2000: The Reptile Database [former “EMBL Reptile Database”].
–iNet: http://www.reptile-database.org/

Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Platynota – Varanus-like lizards

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