Parviraptoridae
| Parviraptorids | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Lepidosauria |
| Clade: | Pan-Squamata |
| Clade: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | †Parviraptoridae Benson et al., 2025 |
| Type genus | |
| †Parviraptor | |
| Genera | |
Parviraptoridae is an extinct family of enigmatic total group squamate reptiles, known from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian age) to Early Cretaceous (Berriasian age) of Europe and North America. Members of this clade are characterized by an unusual set of conflicting anatomical traits that are comparable in some ways to snakes and varanids within the Toxicofera, while also bearing several characters unlike all modern squamate groups.
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Renderings of several Parviraptor holotype skull bones
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Speculative life restoration of Breugnathair