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Chalarodon

Osteichthyes - Opluridae

Taxonomy
Chalarodon was named by Peters (1854). It is extant.

It was assigned to Iguanidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Opluridae by Conrad et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Chalarodon Peters
1996Chalarodon Frank and Ramus
2007Chalarodon Conrad et al. p. 1370

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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()
Episquamata
ToxicoferaVidal and Hedges 2005
infraorderIguaniaCuvier 1817
familyOpluridaeTitus and Frost 1996
genusChalarodonPeters 1854

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. Chalarodon Peters 1854
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Chalarodon madagascariensis Peters 1854 [Madagascar iguana]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available