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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37832	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37832

Rank

suborder (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertilia

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Lepidosauromorpha
superorder	Lepidosauria
order	Squamata	Oppel 1811
order	Lacertilia

Common Name

lizard

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lacertilia	order	belongs to Reptilia	stated without evidence	Owen, 1861
Lacertilia	order	belongs to Reptilia	stated with evidence	Cope, 1871
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Lepidosauria	stated with evidence	Zittel, 1890
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Autosauri	stated with evidence	Gadow, 1898
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated without evidence	Woodward, 1898
Lacertilia	suborder	subjective synonym of Sauria	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Lacertilia	order	belongs to Squamata	stated with evidence	Osborn, 1903
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated without evidence	Lambe, 1908
Lacertilia	order	belongs to Lyognatha	stated with evidence	Jaekel, 1910
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Lyognathi	stated without evidence	Jaekel, 1911
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated without evidence	Swinton, 1934
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1946
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated without evidence	Huene, 1954
Lacertilia	suborder	subjective synonym of Sauria	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1966
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	implied	Miller, 1967
Lacertilia	order	subjective synonym of Sauria	stated without evidence	Sulimski, 1975
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated without evidence	Seiffert, 1975
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	implied	Carroll, 1982
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Sauria	stated with evidence	Estes, 1983
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated without evidence	Stritzke, 1983
Lacertilia	unranked clade	belongs to Sauria	stated without evidence	Sullivan, 1986
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	implied	Carroll, 1988
Lacertilia	order	subjective synonym of Sauria	stated with evidence	Dundee, 1989
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated without evidence	Gao and Fox, 1991
Lacertilia	order	subjective synonym of Sauria	implied	Lingham-Soliar, 1994
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated with evidence	Gao and Fox, 1996
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	stated without evidence	Frank and Ramus, 1996
Lacertilia	unranked clade	belongs to Reptilia	implied	Augé and Rage, 2006
Lacertilia	suborder	belongs to Squamata	implied	Venczel and Stiuca, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

10 (10%)

First Recorded Appearance

228 - 191 Ma
Mesozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ophiosauri suborder	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Scincomorpha infraorder	listed (PBDB)		259	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Kionocrania genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Rhiptoglossa superfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Changjiangidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Repentia ✝ tribe	listed (PBDB)
Araeosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Costasaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dicarlesia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	10.00 Ma Miocene	10.00 Ma Miocene
Durotrigia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Francosaurophis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Oxia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Paraprionosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	50.3 Ma Eocene	50.3 Ma Eocene
Sauromorus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Tarratosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	152 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Teilhardosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Tupinambis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Tegu	18	17.5 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1842	Lacertilia Owen
1861	Lacertilia Owen p. 306
1871	Lacertilia Cope p. 236
1872	Iguanavus Marsh p. 309
1873	Diacium Cope p. 17
1873	Cremastosaurus Cope p. 18
1873	Cremastosaurus carinicollis Cope p. 18
1873	Lacertilia Leidy p. 344
1875	Lacertilia Cope p. 17
1884	Platyrhachis rhambastes Cope p. 779
1886	Lacertilia Günther p. 444
1890	Lacertilia Zittel p. 450
1892	Iguanavus Marsh
1898	Lacertae Gadow p. 25
1898	Lacertilia Woodward p. 141
1902	Iguanavus Hay p. 474
1902	Cremastosaurus Hay p. 477
1902	Cremastosaurus carinicollis Hay p. 477
1902	Diacium Hay p. 477
1902	Platyrhachis rhambastes Hay p. 477
1903	Lacertilia Osborn p. 276
1904	Lacertilia Osborn p. 114
1908	Lacertilia Lambe
1910	Lacerti Jaekel p. 336
1911	Lacerti Jaekel p. 154
1928	Iguanavus Gilmore p. 16
1928	Cremastosaurus Gilmore p. 151

Year	Name and Author
1928	Cremastosaurus rhambastes Gilmore p. 152
1934	Lacertilia Swinton p. 17
1937	Lacertilia Roxo p. 43
1946	Lacertilia Kuhn p. 60
1953	Cremastosaurus Galbreath p. 39
1953	Diacium Galbreath p. 39
1954	Lacertilia Huene p. 62
1967	Lacertilia Miller p. 227
1975	Lacertilia Seiffert p. 9
1977	Lacertilia Carroll and Galton
1980	Lacertilia Prothero and Estes
1981	Lacertilia Thurmond and Jones p. 148
1982	Lacertilia Carroll p. 183
1983	Lacertilia Estes
1983	Lacertilia Stritzke
1986	Lacertilia Sullivan p. 109
1988	Iguanavus Carroll
1988	Lacertilia Carroll
1991	Lacertilia Gao and Fox
1996	Lacertilia Frank and Ramus
1996	Lacertilia Gao and Fox
1996	Lacertilia Gao and Hou p. 580
2001	Lacertilia Peng et al. p. 26
2002	Lacertilia Nicholls and Meckert p. 1593
2006	Lacertilia Augé and Rage p. 239
2008	Lacertilia Venczel and Stiuca p. 750
2010	Lacertilia Böhme p. 19

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Owen R. , Palaeontology, or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations. Second Edition. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1-463

Cope E. D. On the homologies of some of the cranial bones of the Reptilia, and on the systematic arrangement of the class, Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 19, 194-247

Marsh O. C. Preliminary description of new Tertiary reptiles. Part I and Part II, The American Journal of Science, series 3 4 22, 298-309

Cope E. D. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873, Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)

Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358

Cope E. D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, 1-109

Zittel K. A. v. , Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung Paleozoologie. III. Band. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves) [Handbook of Paleontology. Division I. Paleozoology. Volume III. Vertebrata (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves)], xii-900

Marsh O. C. Notice of new reptiles from the Laramie Formation, American Journal of Science 43, 449-453

Gadow H. , A Classification of Vertebrata Recent and Extinct, xvii-82

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Osborn H. F. (1903) On the primary division of the Reptilia into two sub-classes, Synapsida and Diapsida, Science 17 424, 275-276

Lambe L. M. (1908) The Vertebrata of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3 4, 1-65 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61444

Jaekel O. (1910) Über das System der Reptilien [On the system of reptiles], Zoologische Anzeiger 35, 324-341

Jaekel O. (1911) , Die Wirbeltiere. Eine Übersicht über die Fossilen und Lebenden Formen [The Vertebrates. An Overview of the Fossil and Living Forms], viii-252

Gilmore C. W. (1928) Fossil lizards of North America, Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22 3, 1-201

Swinton W. E. (1934) , A Guide to the Fossil Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 7, xii-87

Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67

Galbreath E. C. (1953) A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4, 1-120

Huene F. v. (1954) , Die Saurierwelt und ihre Geschichtlichen Zusammenhänge [The World of Reptiles and the History of Their Interrelationships]. 2nd, revised edition, 1-66

Miller H. W. (1967) Cretaceous vertebrates from Phoebus Landing, North Carolina, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 119, 219-235

Seiffert J. (1975) Upper Jurassic lizards from central Portugal, Contribuição para o conhecimento da Fauna do Kimerridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal). Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Memória (Nova Série) 22, 7-85

Carroll R. L., Galton P. M. (1977) 'Modern' lizard from the Upper Triassic of China, Nature 266 5599, 252-255

Prothero D. R., Estes R. (1980) Late Jurassic lizards from Como Bluff, Wyoming and their palaeobiogeographic significance, Nature 286, 484-486

Thurmond J. T., Jones D. E. (1981) , Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama, 1-244

Carroll R. L. (1982) A Short Limbed Lizard from the Lystrosaurus Zone (Lower Triassic) of South Africa, Journal of Paleontology 56 1, 183-190

Estes R. (1983) Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A, 1-249

Stritzke R. (1983) Saniwa feisti n. sp., ein Varanide (Lacertilia, Reptilia) aus dem Mittel-Eozän von Messel bei Darmstadt, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 64 5/6, 497-508

Sullivan R. M. (1986) A new fossil anguid lizard Parodaxosaurus sanjuanensis, new genus, new species from the middle Paleocene (Torrejonian) Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, Journal of Herpetology 20 1, 109-111

Gao K. -Q., Fox R. C. (1991) New teiid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation (Judithian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, with a review of the Cretaceous record of teiids, Annals of Carnegie Museum 60 2, 145-162

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