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Cyclura (rock iguana)

Osteichthyes - Iguanidae

Taxonomy
Cyclura was named by Harlan (1824). It is extant.

It was reranked as Iguana (Cyclura) by Gray (1831).

It was assigned to Iguana by Gray (1831); and to Iguanidae by Cope (1875), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Morgan (1994).

Species
C. nubila
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. carinata, C. rileyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Cyclura Harlan
1831Iguana (Cyclura) Gray
1875Cyclura Cope p. 50
1983Cyclura Estes
1988Cyclura Carroll
1994Cyclura Morgan p. 467

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyIguanidaeOppel 1811
genusCycluraHarlan 1824

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.

G. Cyclura Harlan 1824 [rock iguana]
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Cyclura nubila Gray 1831
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available