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Morunasaurus (Lesser spinytail iguanas)

Reptilia - Iguanidae

Taxonomy

Morunasaurus was named by Dunn (1933). It is extant.

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

Species

M. annularis, M. grai

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Morunasaurus Dunn
1996	Morunasaurus Frank and Ramus

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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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
—	Iguanomorpha	Sukhanov 1961
—	Pleurodonta	(Cope 1864)
family	Iguanidae	Oppel 1811
genus	Morunasaurus	Dunn 1933

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. Morunasaurus Dunn 1933 [Lesser spinytail iguanas]

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Morunasaurus annularis O'Shaughnessy 1881 [Ringed spinytail iguana]

Morunasaurus grai Dunn 1933 [Dunn's spinytail iguana]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

omnivoref

Created:

2005-09-05 19:41:07

Modified:

2005-09-05 21:41:07

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

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

Collections

No collection or age range data are available