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Teiinae

Reptilia - Teiidae

Taxonomy

Teiinae is a subfamily.

It was assigned to Teiidae by Estes (1983), Gao and Fox (1991), Harvey et al. (2012).

Subtaxa

Ameivula, Teius, Tupinambini

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1983	Teiinae Estes
1991	Teiinae Gao and Fox
2012	Teiinae Harvey et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
—	Episquamata
superfamily	Lacertoidea	Camp 1923
—	Teiioidea
family	Teiidae	Gray 1827
subfamily	Teiinae
subfamily	Teiinae

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.

Subfm. †Teiinae

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G. Ameivula Harvey et al. 2012

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Ameivula ocellifera Spix 1825

G. Teius Merrem 1820 [Four-toed tegus]

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Teius teyou Daudin 1802 [Four-toed tegus]

Tr. Tupinambini Presch 1974

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G. Callopistes Gravenhorst 1838

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Callopistes flavipunctatus Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [False monitor]

Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst 1837 [Spotted false monitor]

†Callopistes rionegrensis Quadros et al. 2018

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

insectivoref

Diet 2:

carnivoref

Created:

2005-09-05 19:44:41

Modified:

2005-09-05 21:44:41

Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 119.57000 to 3.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	USA (Texas)	Teiinae indet. (14408)
Colhuehuapian	21.0 - 17.5	Argentina (Rio Negra)	Callopistes rionegrensis (201681)
Montehermosan	5.0 - 3.8	Argentina (Buenos Aires)	Callopistes bicuspidatus (198863)
Chapadmalalan	3.8 - 3.0	Argentina (Córdoba)	Teius sp. (197905)