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 | | Presumably the presence of osteoderms and of complete cranial arches are more archaic than their absence,,iust as we conclude that limbless forms have been evolved from various groups possessed of fully developed limbs. |
 | | Zonuridae and Anguidae assume a central position, with Agamidae and Iguanidae as two parallel families (not very different from each other) of highest development, one in the Old World, the other in America. |
 | | In their general structure the Iguanidae closely resemble the Agamidae, from which they differ mainly by the pleurodont dentition. |
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