^Daza, J. D.; Abdala, V.; Arias, J. S.; García-López, D.; Ortiz, P. (2012). "Cladistic Analysis of Iguania and a Fossil Lizard from the Late Pliocene of Northwestern Argentina". Journal of Herpetology. 46: 104–119. doi:10.1670/10-112.
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pleurodonta, from, greek, lateral, teeth, reference, position, teeth, subdivisions, iguania, other, being, acrodonta, teeth, includes, families, previously, split, from, iguanidae, sensu, lato, corytophanidae, crotaphytidae, hoplocercidae, opluridae, polychrot. Pleurodonta from Greek lateral teeth in reference to the position of the teeth on the jaw is one of the two subdivisions of Iguania the other being Acrodonta teeth on the top of the jaw Pleurodonta includes all families previously split from Iguanidae sensu lato Corytophanidae Crotaphytidae Hoplocercidae Opluridae Polychrotidae etc whereas Acrodonta includes Agamidae and Chamaeleonidae The name Pleurodonta was first used by paleontologist and herpetologist Edward Drinker Cope in 1864 although he used it in a different sense than it is used today Because of this difference the name Iguanoidea has been proposed as a replacement for Pleurodonta in phylogenetic nomenclature 1 PleurodontaPlumed basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ReptiliaOrder SquamataSuborder IguaniaClade PleurodontaCope 1864SubgroupsCorytophanidaeCrotaphytidaeDactyloidae GobiguaniaHoplocercidaeIguanidaeLeiocephalidaeLeiosauridaeLiolaemidaeOpluridaePhrynosomatidaePolychrotidaeTropiduridaePleurodonta is also a synonym of gastropod genus Pleurodonte References Edit Daza J D Abdala V Arias J S Garcia Lopez D Ortiz P 2012 Cladistic Analysis of Iguania and a Fossil Lizard from the Late Pliocene of Northwestern Argentina Journal of Herpetology 46 104 119 doi 10 1670 10 112 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pleurodonta amp oldid 1149680657, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
