shinisaurid

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noun

Any lizard in the family Shinisauridae.

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Meanings

nounshinisaurid (plural shinisaurids)

plural shinisaurids

  1. biologyAny lizard in the family Shinisauridae.

    Although present in most closely related anguids, this character is absent in platynotans with the exception of all shinisaurids, the monstersaurid Primaderma and the mosasaurid Dolichosaurus.

    2015 July 16, “Evidence of Egg Diversity in Squamate Evolution from Cretaceous Anguimorph Embryos”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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