Abbreviated CladogramREPTILOMORPHA |--SYNAPSIDA `--+--EUREPTILIA `--Anapsida |--Bolosauridae `--Procolophonia |--Procolophonoidea `--+--Hallucicrania | |--Lanthanosuchidae | `--Pareiasauria `--Testudines |--Pleurodira `--Cryptodira |
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Lee, MSY (1997), Pareiasaur phylogeny and the origin of turtles. Zool. J. Linnean Soc., 120: 197-280. Overview, Pareiasuria, Velosauria.
Meylan, PA (1996), Skeletal morphology and relationships of the early Cretaceous side-necked turtle, Araripemys barretoi (Testudines: Pelomedusoides: Araripemyidae), from the Santana formation of Brazil. J. Vert. Paleontol. 16: 20-33. Podcnemoidae
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