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Plesiolacerta

Osteichthyes - Lacertidae

Taxonomy
Plesiolacerta was named by Hoffstetter (1942). It is not extant. Its type is Plesiolacerta lydekkeri.

It was assigned to Lacertidae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988).

Species
P. eratosthenesi, P. lydekkeri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Plesiolacerta Hoffstetter
1983Plesiolacerta Estes
1988Plesiolacerta Carroll

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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()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
familyLacertidaeBonaparte 1831
genusPlesiolacertaHoffstetter 1942

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. †Plesiolacerta Hoffstetter 1942
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†Plesiolacerta eratosthenesi Cernansky and Augé 2013
†Plesiolacerta lydekkeri Hoffstetter 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available