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Hypsilurus

Osteichthyes - Agamidae

Taxonomy
Hypsilurus was named by Dumeril and Bibron (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Agamidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Hypsilurus Dumeril and Bibron
1996Hypsilurus Frank and Ramus

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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()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—ChamaeleontiformesConrad 2008
—AcrodontaCope 1864
familyAgamidaeGray 1827
genusHypsilurusDumeril and Bibron 1837

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. Hypsilurus Dumeril and Bibron 1837
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Hypsilurus dilophus Dumeril and Bibron 1837 [Indonesian forest dragon]
Hypsilurus papuensis Macleay 1877 [Papua forest dragon]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available