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Paliguana
Taxonomy
Paliguana was named by Broom (1903). It is not extant. Its type is Paliguana whitei.
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Broom (1903); to Lepidosauromorpha by Benton (1985); to Paliguanidae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988); and to Lepidosauromorpha by Gauthier et al. (1989), Ezcurra et al. (2014), Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Broom (1903); to Lepidosauromorpha by Benton (1985); to Paliguanidae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988); and to Lepidosauromorpha by Gauthier et al. (1989), Ezcurra et al. (2014), Ezcurra (2016).
Species
P. whitei (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by R. Butler on 2016-11-09
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Paliguana Broom p. 1 |
| 1983 | Paliguana Estes |
| 1985 | Paliguana Benton p. 154 |
| 1988 | Paliguana Carroll |
| 1989 | Paliguana Gauthier et al. p. 344 |
| 2014 | Paliguana Ezcurra et al. |
| 2016 | Paliguana Ezcurra |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available