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Mediolacerta roceki

Reptilia - Lacertidae

Taxonomy
Mediolacerta roceki was named by Augé (2005). Its type specimen is MNHN PFR 11006 (left dentary) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pech du Fraysse, which is in a MP 28 terrestrial horizon in France. It is the type species of Mediolacerta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Mediolacerta roceki Augé p. 131 fig. 88

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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()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
familyLacertidaeBonaparte 1831
genusMediolacerta
speciesroceki

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.

†Mediolacerta roceki Augé 2005
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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 19:45:04
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:45:04
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979

Age range: base of the MP 23 to the top of the MP 28 or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Mediolacerta roceki (179194)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Mediolacerta roceki (179147)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) Mediolacerta roceki (type locality: 36712 36715)
MP 28 - MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mediolacerta roceki (59126)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mediolacerta roceki (74679)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Mediolacerta roceki (179146)