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Pygopodidae (disused)

Reptilia - Pygopodidae

Taxonomy
Pygopodidae was named by Boulenger (1884). It is extant. Its type is Pygope. It was considered monophyletic by Lee and Caldwell (2000).

It was corrected as Pygopidae by Duplicate (1950) and Duplicate (1950).

It was assigned to Lacertae by Gadow (1898); to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Pygopodoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Pygopodoidea by Kuhn (1966); and to Gekkota by Duplicate (1950), Duplicate (1950), Seiffert (1975), Estes (1983), Estes et al. (1988), Lee and Caldwell (2000), Jonniaux and Kumazawa (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Pygopodidae Boulenger
1898Pygopodidae Gadow p. 27
1928Pygopodidae Perrier p. 3101
1946Pygopidae Kuhn p. 61
1950Pygopidae Duplicate
1966Pygopodidae Kuhn p. 48
1975Pygopodidae Seiffert p. 10
1983Pygopodidae Estes
1988Pygopodidae Estes et al.
2000Pygopodidae Lee and Caldwell
2008Pygopodidae Jonniaux and Kumazawa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderGekkonomorpha
infraorderGekkotaCuvier 1817
familyPygopodidaeBoulenger 1884
familyPygopodidaeBoulenger 1884

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.

Fm. Pygopodidae Boulenger 1884
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Rudiments des membres postérieurs bien développés, mais formant une masse indivise; à l'intérieur, les 5 orteils ossifiés, surtout chez les mâles; membres antérieurs absents, sternum rudimentaire. Position zoologique très incertaine. Rappelant les SCINCIDÆ par leur facies général, ils se rapprochent des Geckos par leur crâne, tout en présentant des différences marquées. Vivent sur le sol à la façon des Orvets. Australie.