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Cordylidae (spinytail lizard)

Reptilia - Cordylidae

Taxonomy

Cordylidae was named by Gray (1837). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Lee and Caldwell (2000).

It was assigned to Cordyloidea by Kuhn (1966) and Estes (1983); to Leptoglossa by Carroll (1988); to Scincomorpha by Seiffert (1975) and Gao and Fox (1996); to Scleroglossa by Lee and Caldwell (2000); to Cordyliformes by Krause et al. (2003); to Lacertilia by Frank and Ramus (1996) and Böhme (2010); and to Scincoidea by Estes et al. (1988) and Pyron et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Bavaricordylus, Cordylinae, Eocordyla, Konkasaurus, Palaeocordylus, Platysaurinae, Pseudolacerta

Synonyms

Zonuridae was named by Gray (1838). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cordylidae by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Leptoglossa by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Lacertae by Gadow (1898); to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); and to Zonuroidea by Kuhn (1946).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1837	Cordylidae Gray
1838	Zonuridae Gray
1871	Zonuridae Cope p. 237
1875	Zonuridae Cope p. 19
1898	Zonuridae Gadow p. 25
1928	Zonuridae Perrier p. 3095
1946	Zonuridae Kuhn p. 61
1966	Cordylidae Kuhn p. 52
1975	Cordylidae Seiffert p. 10
1983	Cordylidae Estes
1988	Cordylidae Carroll
1988	Cordylidae Estes et al.
1996	Cordylidae Frank and Ramus
1996	Cordylidae Gao and Fox p. 58
2000	Cordylidae Lee and Caldwell
2003	Cordylidae Krause et al. p. 843
2010	Cordylidae Böhme p. 22
2013	Cordylidae Pyron et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
superfamily	Scincoidea	Oppel 1811
family	Cordylidae	Gray 1837
family	Cordylidae	Gray 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Cordylidae Gray 1837 [spinytail lizard]

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G. †Bavaricordylus Kosma 2004

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†Bavaricordylus molassicus Böhme 2010

Subfm. Cordylinae Mertens 1937

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G. Chamaesaura Schneider 1801 [Snake lizards]

G. Cordylus Laurenti 1768 [girdled lizard]

Cordylus cataphractus Bole 1828 [Armadillo spinytail lizard]

Cordylus polyzonus Smith 1838 [African spinytail lizard]

G. Hemicordylus Smith 1838 [False girdled lizards]

G. Karusasaurus Stanley et al. 2011

G. Namazonurus Stanley et al. 2011

G. Ninurta Stanley et al. 2011

G. Ouroborus Stanley et al. 2011

G. Pseudocordylus Smith 1838 [False girdled lizards]

G. Smaug Stanley et al. 2011

Smaug giganteus Smith 1844 [Gant spinytail lizard]

G. †Eocordyla Augé 2005

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†Eocordyla mathisi Augé 2005

G. †Konkasaurus Krause et al. 2003

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†Konkasaurus mahalana Krause et al. 2003

G. †Palaeocordylus Roček 1984

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†Palaeocordylus bohemicus Roček 1984

Subfm. Platysaurinae Stanley et al. 2011

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G. Platysaurus Smith 1844 [Flat lizards]

G. †Pseudolacerta De Stefano 1903

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†Pseudolacerta mucronata Filhol 1877

†Pseudolacerta quercyini Augé 2005

Invalid names: Zonuridae Gray 1838 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
E. Perrier 1928 (Zonuridae)	Des ossicules dermiques; langue courte, villeuse, à peine protractile, entière ou très faiblement échancrée à l'extrémité. Pleurodontes; dents nombreuses et petites; palais sans dents. Arcs post-orbitaire et postfronto-squamosal présents; fosse supra-temporale recouverte par une lame ostéodermique.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Created:

2017-04-17 15:15:35

Modified:

2017-04-17 15:15:35

Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Pleistocene or 72.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (40 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Judithian	83.5 - 70.6	Canada (Alberta)	Cordylidae gen. et sp. indet. A (14463)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	Madagascar (Mahajanga)	Konkasaurus mahalana (32366)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	USA (Montana)	Cordylidae indet. B (13142)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Belgium (Brabant)	Cordylidae indet. (35531)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	France (Oise)	Cordylidae indet. (68174)
MP 10	55.8 - 48.6	France (Picardie)	Cordylidae indet., Pseudolacerta sp. (68440)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France (Picardie Region)	Pseudolacerta mucronata (12847)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	Pseudolacerta sp., Pseudolacerta mucronata, Pseudolacerta quercyini, Eocordyla mathisi (12840)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Spain (Catalonia)	Pseudolacerta sp. (31751)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	Pseudolacerta mucronata, Eocordyla mathisi (12849) Pseudolacerta mucronata, Pseudolacerta quercyini (12842) Pseudolacerta sp. (12854) Pseudolacerta sp., Pseudolacerta mucronata, Pseudolacerta quercyini (12843) Pseudolacerta sp., Pseudolacerta mucronata, Pseudolacerta quercyini, Eocordyla mathisi (12841)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region)	Pseudolacerta sp. (12853)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	France (Quercy)	Pseudolacerta sp. (12850)
MP 19	37.2 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	Pseudolacerta mucronata (12846) Pseudolacerta mucronata, Pseudolacerta quercyini (12845) Pseudolacerta sp., Pseudolacerta mucronata (12844)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene	37.2 - 15.97	France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées)	Pseudolacerta mucronata, Pseudolacerta quercyini (179194)
MP 23	33.9 - 28.4	France (Quercy)	Cordylidae sp. (36709 36711)
MP 25	33.9 - 23.03	France	Cordylidae sp. (60214)
MP 28	28.4 - 23.03	France (Quercy)	Cordylidae sp. (36712 36715)
MP 30	28.4 - 23.03	France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)	Cordylidae sp. (179146)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	France	Cordylidae indet., Cordylidae sp. (60281)
Orleanian	20.0 - 15.97	Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem)	Cordylidae indet., Palaeocordylus bohemicus (48173)
MN 4	16.9 - 15.97	Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary)	Palaeocordylus bohemicus (138666)
MN 4	16.9 - 15.97	Austria (Styria)	Cordylidae indet. (74538 74539)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Germany (Bavaria)	Cordylidae indet. (134954) Cordylidae indet., Bavaricordylus molassicus (34615)
MN 5	15.97 - 13.65	Germany (Bavaria)	Bavaricordylus molassicus (49418)
MN 5	15.97 - 13.65	Austria	Cordylidae indet. (174067)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Switzerland (Aargau)	Bavaricordylus sp. (201976)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	Greece (Central Macedonia)	Palaeocordylus sp. (32189)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	Greece	Cordylidae indet. (31924 31928)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene	3.6 - 0.0117	South Africa	Cordylus giganteus (22332)