Araeoscelidia

Taxobox
name = Araeoscelidia
synonyms = Araeoscelida

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image_caption = "Petrolacosaurus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Carboniferous-Permian
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Araeoscelis"
"Petrolacosaurus"
"Spinoaequalis"
"Kadaliosaurus"
"Zarcasaurus"

Araeoscelidia or Araeoscelida is a clade of extinct diapsid reptiles superficially resembling lizards. It contains the genera "Araeoscelis", "Petrolacosaurus", the possibly aquatic "Spinoaequalis", and less well-known genera such as "Kadaliosaurus" and "Zarcasaurus".

This clade is considered to be the sister group to all (currently known) later diapsids.

References

* cite book
author = Carroll, Robert L.
year = 1988
title = Vertebrate paleontology and evolution
location = New York
publisher = W.H. Freeman and Co

* cite book
author = Benton, Michael J.
year = 2000
title = Vertebrate paleontology
publisher = Blackwell Science
location = Oxford
edition = 2nd edition