Bellairsia

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Bellairsia
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic Bathonian
Skull diagram
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Genus: Bellairsia
Evans 1998
Species:
B. gracilis
Binomial name
Bellairsia gracilis
Evans, 1998

Bellairsia is an extinct genus of

stem-group squamate, with the phylogeny recovering it as part of a weakly supported clade also containing Huehuecuetzpalli and Oculudentavis.[1][2]

Classification

Phylogeny
after Talanda et al. (2022):

References

  1. ^ S. E. Evans. 1998. Crown group lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 250:123-154
  2. S2CID 253160713
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