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Acanthodactylus (Fringe-fingered lizard)
Taxonomy
Acanthodactylus was named by Wiegmann (1834). It is extant.
It was assigned to Lacertidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Lacertidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1834 | Acanthodactylus Wiegmann |
| 1996 | Acanthodactylus Frank and Ramus |
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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.
G. Acanthodactylus Wiegmann 1834 [Fringe-fingered lizard]
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Acanthodactylus erythurus Schinz 1833 [Fringe-fingered lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Morocco | Acanthodactylus sp. (32052) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Acanthodactylus erythrurus (34985) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Alicante) | Acanthodactylus erythrurus (199861 219152) |