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Xenosaurus platyceps (Flathead knob-scaled lizard)

Osteichthyes - Xenosauridae

Taxonomy
Xenosaurus platyceps was named by King and Thompson (1968). It is extant. Its type specimen is UMMZ 126047, an other.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Xenosaurus platyceps King and Thompson

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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()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
familyXenosauridaeCope 1866
subfamilyXenosaurinae
genusXenosaurusGray 1856
speciesplatyceps

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.

Xenosaurus platyceps King and Thompson 1968 [Flathead knob-scaled lizard]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-19 07:13:08
Modified: 2005-09-19 09:13:08
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Pianka and Vitt 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available