shinisaurid

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shinisaurid (plural shinisaurids)

  1. (zoology) Any lizard in the family Shinisauridae.
    • 2015 July 16, “Evidence of Egg Diversity in Squamate Evolution from Cretaceous Anguimorph Embryos”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Although present in most closely related anguids, this character is absent in platynotans with the exception of all shinisaurids, the monstersaurid Primaderma and the mosasaurid Dolichosaurus.