Globauridae

Globauridae is a family of extinct scincomorph lizards that first appeared in the Late Jurassic of England and persisting until the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. The group is distinguished by having a diploglossopalatinar palate anatomy, lacking osteoderms, having conical two- or three-cusped teeth, and a unique postorbital-parietal contact. The type genus Globaura was originally classified within the now-polyphyletic group Lacertoidea, before being reclassified within its own family within Ardeosauroidea.[1] However, Meyasaurus has also been found to be closer to Barbatteiidae.[2]

Globauridae Temporal range: Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Superfamily:	†Ardeosauroidea
Family:	†Globauridae Alifanov, 2000
Genera[1]
†Durotrigia †Globaura †Khereidia †Meyasaurus †Tijubina

References

1. Alifanov, V.R. (2019). "Lizards of the Families Eoxantidae, Ardeosauridae, Globauridae, and Paramacellodidae (Scincomorpha) from the Aptian-Albian of Mongolia". Paleontological Journal. 53 (1): 74–88. doi:10.1134/S0031030119010039.
2. Codrea, Vlad A.; Venczel, Márton; Solomon, Alexandru (2017). "A new family of teiioid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania with notes on the evolutionary history of early teiioids". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx008. ISSN 0024-4082.