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The family Arretosauridae is an enigmatic group of Asian iguanians, which contains one species, Arretosaurus ornatus Gilmore, 1943 from the Late Eocene of Inner Mongolia (China). In this work, the fossil family is classified within the taxon Iguanomorpha (Iguanidae sensu lato) and supplemented with three new forms from the Middle Eocene and Early Oligocene of Mongolia and the previously described Hemishinisaurus latifrons from the Late Eocene of China, which was originally assigned to Anguimorpha (Xenosauridae). New data characterize Arretosauridae as an important element of the Paleogene herpetofauna of Asia.
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Original Russian Text © V.R. Alifanov, 2012, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, No. 4, pp. 80–87.
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Alifanov, V.R. Lizards of the family Arretosauridae Gilmore, 1943 (Iguanomorpha, Iguania) from the Paleogene of Mongolia. Paleontol. J. 46, 412–420 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030112040028
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