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Pythonomorpha was
originally proposed by
paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope (1869) as a
reptilian order comprising mosasaurs,
which he
believed to be...
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suggestion advanced in 1869 by
Edward Drinker Cope, who
coined the term
Pythonomorpha to
unite them. The idea lay
dormant for more than a century, to be revived...
- mosasaurs—extinct
aquatic reptiles from the Cretaceous—forming the
clade Pythonomorpha.
According to this hypothesis, the fused,
transparent eyelids of snakes...
- of
Pontosaurus (Squamata,
Pythonomorpha) from the
Upper Cretaceous of
Lebanon and a
phylogenetic analysis of
Pythonomorpha".
Memorie della Società Italiana...
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proposing that mosasaurs,
which he
classified under a
group called the
Pythonomorpha, was the
sister group of snakes. Some
scientists went as far as to interpret...
- Philadelphia. 20: 92–93. Cope, E.D. (1869). "On the
reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria".
Proceedings of the
Boston Society of
Natural History...
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mosasaur genera but one of the most
thorough attempts can be
found on the "
Pythonomorpha"
section of
Mikko Haaramo's
Phylogeny Archive.
Naming conventions and...
- Fernando;
Ozkaya de Juanas,
Senay (2024). "On
Segurasaurus (Squamata:
Pythonomorpha), a New
Genus of
Lizard from the
Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Portugal"...
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closely related to snakes, with the
group containing the two
dubbed Pythonomorpha, however,
other studies have
quesitioned this,
finding that the closest...
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Ophidiomorpha as a
clade may
become problematic as it is
placed within the
Pythonomorpha, a
clade that
itself is not
universally agreed upon
containing mosasaurs...
