Reptilia - Squamata - Agamidae
Parent taxon: Acrodonta according to M. S. Y. Lee and M. W. Caldwell 2000
See also Alifanov 1993, Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody 1984, Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Estes 1983, Estes et al. 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Gao and Hou 1996, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, McGrew et al. 1959, Perrier 1928, Prasad and Bajpai 2008, Seiffert 1975, Sulimski 1972 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Agama sinensis, Barbaturex, Bharatagama, Chamaeleonidae, Gueragama, Pachyglossa, Qianshanosaurus, Tikiguania, Tikiguania estesi, Tinosaurus, Xianglong
Subtaxa: Acanthosura Agama Agaminae Amphibolurus Aphaniotis Brachysaura Brevidensilacerta Bronchocela Caimanops Calotes Ceratophora Chelosania Chlamydosaurus Clamydosaurus Cophotis Coryphophylax Cryptagama Ctenophorus Dendragama Diporiphora Draco Gonocephalus Harpesaurus Hydrosaurus Hylagama Hypsilurus Indiagama Japalura Leiolepis Lophocalotes Lophognathus Lyriocephalus Mergenagama Mictopholis Moloch Oriocalotes Otocryptis Phoxophrys Phrynocephalus Physignathus Pogona Protodraco Psammophilus Pseudocalotes Pseudotrapelus Ptyctolaemus Quercygama Rankinia Salea Sitana Stellio Suratagama Talosaurus Tinosaurus Tympanocryptis Uromastycinae Vastanagama
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), Israel (1), Italy (1), the Philippines (1), Spain (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), France (3), Spain (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Greece (1), India (1), Italy (7), Kenya (1), Pakistan (1), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of France (3), Mongolia (3)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1)
• Eocene of Algeria (1), Belgium (1), China (2), France (7), India (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (3), Pakistan (1), Portugal (1), Spain (1), United States (5: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of China (1)
• Cretaceous of China (1), India (1), Myanmar (3)
Total: 73 collections including 82 occurrences