en Eolacertidae

Eolacertidae; Temporal range: Paleocene–Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Superfamily:	Lacertoidea
Family:	†Eolacertidae; Čerňanskýa and Smith, 2017

Eolacertidae is an extinct family of lacertoid lizards known from the Paleocene and Eocene of Europe. They are the closest known relatives of Lacertidae.^[1]

Genera

Eolacerta Nöth, 1940 Conglomérat de Cernay, France, Paleocene, Tienen Formation, Belgium, Eocene, Lignites de Soissonnais, France, Eocene, Geiseltal, Messel Pit, Germany, Eocene
Stefanikia Čerňanskýa and Smith, 2017 Messel Pit, Germany, Eocene

References

^ Čerňanský, Andrej; Smith, Krister T. (2017-05-24). "Eolacertidae: a new extinct clade of lizards from the Palaeogene; with comments on the origin of the dominant European reptile group – Lacertidae". Historical Biology. 30 (7): 994–1014. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1327530. ISSN 0891-2963.

[1] Čerňanský, Andrej; Smith, Krister T. (2017-05-24). "Eolacertidae: a new extinct clade of lizards from the Palaeogene; with comments on the origin of the dominant European reptile group – Lacertidae". Historical Biology. 30 (7): 994–1014. doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1327530. ISSN 0891-2963.

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