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Cyclura (rock iguana)

Reptilia - Iguanidae

Taxonomy
Cyclura was named by Harlan (1824). It is extant.

It was reranked as Iguana (Cyclura) by Gray (1831).

It was assigned to Iguana by Gray (1831); and to Iguanidae by Cope (1875), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988) and Morgan (1994).

Species
C. nubila

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Cyclura Harlan
1831Iguana (Cyclura) Gray
1875Cyclura Cope p. 50
1983Cyclura Estes
1988Cyclura Carroll
1994Cyclura Morgan p. 467

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyIguanidaeOppel 1811
genusCycluraHarlan 1824

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. Cyclura Harlan 1824 [rock iguana]
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Cyclura nubila Gray 1831
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Puerto Rico Cyclura sp. (78300)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Cyclura nubila (209851)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Cyclura sp. (144649)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands Cyclura nubila (209852)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Cyclura rileyi (190743 190744)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Cyclura sp. (194591 194593 194597)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Cyclura carinata (209855)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Cayman Brac) Cyclura nubila (210535)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Cyclura nubila (144130 144132 144133 144134 186637 210532 210542) Cyclura sp. (198662)