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Cherminotus

Reptilia - Varanidae

Taxonomy
Cherminotus was named by Borsuk-Bialynicka (1984). It is not extant. Its type is Cherminotus longifrons.

It was assigned to Lanthanotidae by Borsuk-Bialynicka (1984), Carroll (1988); to Varanidae by Alifanov (1993), Clos (1995), Alifanov (2000); and to Varanoidea by Gao and Norell (2000).

Species
C. longifrons (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Cherminotus Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 60
1988Cherminotus Carroll
1993Cherminotus Alifanov p. 10
1995Cherminotus Clos p. 263
2000Cherminotus Alifanov p. 380
2000Cherminotus Gao and Norell p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyVaranidaeHardwicke and Gray 1824
genusCherminotusBorsuk-Bialynicka 1984

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. †Cherminotus Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984
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†Cherminotus longifrons Borsuk-Bialynicka 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available