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Chamaeleonoidea (disused)
Taxonomy
Chamaeleonoidea was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.
It was assigned to Iguania by Alifanov (1996).
It was assigned to Iguania by Alifanov (1996).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1815 | Chamaeleonoidea Rafinesque |
| 1996 | Chamaeleonoidea Alifanov p. 467 |
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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.
Superfm. Chamaeleonoidea Rafinesque 1815
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| V. R. Alifanov 1996 | The dermal bones of the skull roof with osteodermal sculpturing. Dentary lacks coronoid process. Surangular process of dentary always expressed, located above anterior surangular foramen. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available