Orovenator
| Orovenator | |
|---|---|
| |
| Skull diagram | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Neodiapsida |
| Genus: | †Orovenator Reisz, Modesto & Scott 2011 |
| Type species | |
| †Orovenator mayorum | |
Orovenator is an
neodiapsid to date.[1]
A 2018 redescription by David Ford and
synapsids (amniotes more closely related to mammals than to modern reptiles). However, this proposed close relation between Orovenator and varanopids did not render Orovenator a synapsid; rather, it supported a placement for Varanopidae within Diapsida.[2] However, a 2021 study found that the morphology of the maxillary canal of Orovenator was dissimilar to that of the varonopid Heleosaurus, which resembled that of synapsids, and instead was similar to those of other diapsids.[3]
Phylogeny
Cladogram after Reisz, Modesto & Scott 2011:[1]
References
- ^ PMID 21525061.
- S2CID 92485505.
- doi:10.4202/app.00816.2020. Retrieved 2022-08-06.)
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