Shinisauridae

Shinisauridae is a family of anguimorph lizards whose only living representative is the Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) from China and Vietnam, but which also includes the extinct genus Bahndwivici from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming in the United States.[1][2][3]

Shinisauridae Temporal range: Eocene - present, 52–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	Shinisauria
Family:	Shinisauridae Ahl, 1930
Genera
†Bahndwivici Shinisaurus

References

1. Conrad, J. L. (2006). "An Eocene shinisaurid (Reptilia, Squamata) from Wyoming, U.S.A". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26: 113–126. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[113:AESRSF]2.0.CO;2.
2. Conrad, J. L. (2008). "Phylogeny and Systematics of Squamata (Reptilia) Based on Morphology" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 310: 1–182. doi:10.1206/310.1. hdl:2246/5915.
3. Conrad, J. L.; Ast, J. C.; Montanari, S.; Norell, M. A. (2011). "A combined evidence phylogenetic analysis of Anguimorpha (Reptilia: Squamata)". Cladistics. 27 (3): 230. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00330.x.