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Cnemidophorus

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Description

Cnemidophorus is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Species in the genus Cnemidophorus are commonly referred to as whiptail lizards or racerunners. The genus is endemic to South America, Central America, and the West Indies.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnemidophorus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2471935	https://www.gbif.org/species/2471935
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37933	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37933

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Teiidae : Cnemidophorus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
-	Episquamata	Pyron et al. 2013
superfamily	Lacertoidea	Camp 1923
-	Teiioidea	Estes et al. 1988
family	Teiidae	Gray 1827
tribe	Teiini	Presch 1974
genus	Cnemidophorus	Wagler 1830

Common Name

whiptail lizard

Scientific Name

Cnemidophorus Wagler, 1830

Name Published In

Nat. Syst. Amph.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cnemidophorus	genus	belongs to Teidae	stated with evidence	Cope, 1875
Cnemidophorus	genus	belongs to Teiidae	stated without evidence	Estes and Tihen, 1964
Cnemidophorus	genus	belongs to Teiini	stated with evidence	Estes, 1983
Cnemidophorus	genus	belongs to Teiidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Cnemidophorus	genus	belongs to Teiidae	stated without evidence	Frank and Ramus, 1996

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

12 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore, carnivore (based on Teiidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Common Name(s)

Racerunners, Whiptails, Whiptail Lizard

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnemidophorus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cnemidophorus alpinus species	listed (PBDB)	Alpine Whiptail			0 Ma Extant
Cnemidophorus angusticeps species	listed (PBDB)	Yucatan Whiptail			0 Ma Extant
Cnemidophorus arenivagus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus arubensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Aruba Whiptail			0 Ma Extant
Cnemidophorus bacatus species	listed (PBDB)	San Pedro Nolasco Whiptail			0 Ma Extant
Cnemidophorus burti species	listed (PBDB)	Canyon Spotted Whiptail			0 Ma Extant
Cnemidophorus calidipes species	listed (PBDB)	Rio Tepalcatepic Valley Whiptail			0 Ma Extant
Cnemidophorus cozumela species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus cryptus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus duellmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus espeuti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus exsanguis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus flavissimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus gaigei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus gigas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus gramivagus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus innotatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus leucopsammus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus longicaudus species	listed (PBDB)	Longtail Whiptail			0 Ma Extant
Cnemidophorus martyris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus murinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus nigricolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus ocellifer species	listed (PBDB)	Spix's Whiptail			0 Ma Extant
Cnemidophorus pai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus pseudolemniscatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus rodecki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus rostralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus ruatanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus ruthveni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus senectus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus species	listed (PBDB)	Six-lined Racerunner	9	13.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cnemidophorus splendidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus vanzoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus velox species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cnemidophorus xanthonotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Cnemidophorus Wagler
1875	Cnemidophorus Cope p. 45
1964	Cnemidophorus Estes and Tihen p. 467
1983	Cnemidophorus Estes
1988	Cnemidophorus Carroll
1996	Cnemidophorus Frank and Ramus

References

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

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

Estes R., Tihen J. A. (1964) Lower vertebrates from the Valentine Formation of Nebraska, American Midland Naturalist 72 2, 453-472

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

Frank N., Ramus E. (1996) A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World, 1-377

Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2004: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004). - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Duellman, 1982, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nat. Syst. Amph. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Duellman, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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