| Source Data | |
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| Rank | infraorder (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Iguania |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Pleurodonta | stated with evidence | Cope, 1871 | | Iguania | unranked clade | belongs to Ascalabota | stated without evidence | Gilmore, 1928 | | Iguania | unranked clade | belongs to Kionocrania | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1946 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Sauria | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1966 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Sauria | stated without evidence | Sulimski, 1972 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Lacertilia | stated without evidence | Seiffert, 1975 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Lacertilia | stated with evidence | Estes, 1983 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Lacertilia | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Squamata | stated with evidence | Estes et al., 1988 | | Iguania | unranked clade | belongs to Squamata | stated without evidence | Norell and de Queiroz, 1991 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Lacertilia | stated without evidence | Gao and Fox, 1996 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Squamata | stated without evidence | Gao and Nessov, 1998 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Squamata | stated with evidence | Conrad and Norell, 2007 | | Iguania | suborder | belongs to Squamata | implied | Böhme, 2010 | | Iguania | unranked clade | belongs to Squamata | stated without evidence | Fernicola and Albino, 2012 | | Iguania | infraorder | belongs to Toxicofera | stated with evidence | Pyron et al., 2013 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 62 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 13 (21%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Diapsida) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution |
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| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Gilmore C. W. (1928) Fossil lizards of North America, Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22 3, 1-201 |
| 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 |
| Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154 |
| Sulimski A. (1972) Adamisaurus magnidentatus n. gen., n. sp. (Sauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia, Palaeontologia Polonica 27, 33-40 |
| 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 |
| Estes R. (1983) Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A, 1-249 |
| Estes R., de Queiroz K., et al (1988) Phylogenetic relationships within Squamata, Phylogenetic relationships of the lizard families, 119-282 |
| Borsuk-Bialynicka M., Alifanov V. (1991) First Asiatic 'iguanid' lizards in the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 36 3, 325-342 |
| Norell M. A., de Queiroz K. (1991) The earliest iguanine lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) and its bearing on iguanine phylogeny, American Museum Novitates 2997, 1-16 |
| Gao K. -Q., Fox R. C. (1996) Taxonomy and evolution of Late Cretaceous lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from western Canada, Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of natural History 33, 1-107 |
| Gao K. -Q., Hou L. -H. (1996) Systematics and taxonomic diversity of squamates from the Upper Cretaceous Djadochta Formation, Bayan Mandahu, Gobi Desert, People's Republic of China, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33, 578-598 |
| Gao K. -Q., Nessov L. A. (1998) Early Cretaceous squamates from the Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 207 3, 289-309 |
| Smith K. T. (2006) A diverse new assemblage of late Eocene squamates (Reptilia) from the Chadron Formation of North Dakota, U.S.A., Palaeontologia Electronica 9 2, 1-44 |
| Conrad J. L., Norell M. A. (2007) A complete Late Cretaceous iguanian (Squamata, Reptilia) from the Gobi and identification of a new iguanian clade, American Museum Novitates 3584, 1-47 |
| Böhme M. (2010) Ectothermic vertebrates (Actinopterygii, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (Germany, Bavaria) and their implications for environment reconstruction and palaeoclimate, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 84 1, 3-41 doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0050-4 |
| Fernicola J. C., Albino A. (2012) Amphibians and squamate reptiles from the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene), Santa Cruz Province, Argentina: paleoenvironmental and paleobiological considerations, Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 129-137 |
| Pyron R. A., Burbrink F. T., et al (2013) A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 1, 1-53 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 |
Iguania
Chamaeleonoidea
