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Phymaturus (Mountain lizards)

Osteichthyes - Tropiduridae

Taxonomy
Phymaturus was named by Gravenhorst (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Iguanidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Liolaeminae by Etheridge and Espinosa (2000).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Phymaturus Gravenhorst
1996Phymaturus Frank and Ramus
2000Phymaturus Etheridge and Espinosa

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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
Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyTropiduridaeBell 1843
subfamilyLiolaeminaeFrost and Etheridge 1989
genusPhymaturusGravenhorst 1838

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. Phymaturus Gravenhorst 1838 [Mountain lizards]
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Phymaturus palluma Molina 1843 [High mountain lizard]
Phymaturus punae Cei 1983 [Cei's mountain lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available