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Phrynosoma (horned lizard)

Osteichthyes - Iguanidae

Taxonomy
Phrynosoma was named by Wiegmann (1828). It is extant.

It was assigned to Iguaninae by Norell (1989); and to Iguanidae by Cope (1875), Hay (1930), Estes and Tihen (1964), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2020-08-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Phrynosoma Wiegmann
1875Phrynosoma Cope p. 49
1930Phrynosoma Hay p. 247
1964Phrynosoma Estes and Tihen p. 465
1983Phrynosoma Estes
1988Phrynosoma Carroll
1989Phrynosoma Norell
1996Phrynosoma Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyIguanidaeOppel 1811
subfamilyIguaninaeCope 1886
genusPhrynosomaWiegmann 1828

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. Phrynosoma Wiegmann 1828 [horned lizard]
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Phrynosoma anzaense Norell 1989
Phrynosoma asio Cope 1864 [Giant horned lizard]
Phrynosoma douglassii Bell 1828 [Short-horned lizard]
Phrynosoma modestum Girard 1852 [Roundtail horned lizard]
Phrynosoma platyrhinos Girard 1852 [Desert horned lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available