Globauridae is a family of extinct scincomorph lizards that first appeared in the Late Jurassic of England and persisting until the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. The group is distinguished by having a diploglossopalatinar palate anatomy, lacking osteoderms, having conical two- or three-cusped teeth, and a unique postorbital-parietal contact. The type genus Globaura was originally classified within the now-polyphyletic group Lacertoidea, before being reclassified within its own family within Ardeosauroidea.[1] However, Meyasaurus has also been found to be closer to Barbatteiidae.[2]
| Globauridae Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Superfamily: | †Ardeosauroidea |
| Family: | †Globauridae Alifanov, 2000 |
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References
edit- ^ a b Alifanov, V.R. (2019). "Lizards of the Families Eoxantidae, Ardeosauridae, Globauridae, and Paramacellodidae (Scincomorpha) from the Aptian-Albian of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal. 53 (1): 74–88. doi:10.1134/S0031030119010039. S2CID 181824832.
- ^ Codrea, Vlad A.; Venczel, Márton; Solomon, Alexandru (2017). "A new family of teiioid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania with notes on the evolutionary history of early teiioids". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx008. ISSN 0024-4082.