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Tupinambis (tegu)
Taxonomy
Tupinambis was named by Daudin (1802). It is extant.
It was assigned to Tupinambini by Estes (1983); to Teiidae by Rovereto (1914), Estes (1961), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Tupinambinae by Fernicola and Albino (2012).
It was assigned to Tupinambini by Estes (1983); to Teiidae by Rovereto (1914), Estes (1961), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Tupinambinae by Fernicola and Albino (2012).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Tupinambis Daudin |
| 1893 | Diasemosaurus occidentalis Ameghino |
| 1893 | Dibolosodon typicus Ameghino |
| 1898 | Diasemosaurus Ameghino |
| 1898 | Dibolosodon Ameghino |
| 1914 | Tupinambis Rovereto p. 172 |
| 1961 | Tupinambis Estes p. 2 fig. 1 |
| 1983 | Diasemosaurus Estes |
| 1983 | Dibolosodon Estes |
| 1983 | Tupinambis Estes |
| 1988 | Dibolosodon Carroll |
| 1988 | Tupinambis Carroll |
| 1996 | Tupinambis Frank and Ramus |
| 2012 | Tupinambis Fernicola and Albino |
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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. Tupinambis Daudin 1802 [tegu]
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†Tupinambis brevirostris Rovereto 1914
†Tupinambis multidentatus Rovereto 1914
†Tupinambis prerufescens Rovereto 1914
†Tupinambis preteguixin Rovereto 1914
Tupinambis rufescens Gunther 1871 [Red tegu]
Tupinambis teguixin Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Diasemosaurus Ameghino 1898 [synonym], Diasemosaurus occidentalis Ameghino 1893 [nomen dubium], Dibolosodon Ameghino 1898 [synonym], Dibolosodon typicus Ameghino 1893 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Holocene or 17.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Dibolosodon typicus, Diasemosaurus occidentalis (176563) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Argentina (Chubut) | Tupinambis sp. (215594 215595) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Tupinambis teguixin (143787) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Tolima) | Tupinambis sp. (132580) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Tupinambis sp. (152061) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Tupinambis merianae (55600) | |
| Huayquerian - Montehermosan | Argentina (Cordoba) | Tupinambis sp. (140630) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Tupinambis sp. (191764) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Tupinambis sp. (152062 152081 152084 152085 152088 198863) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Córdoba) | Tupinambis teguixin (202212) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Tupinambis sp. (122033) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Tupinambis sp. (211821) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Tupinambis sp. (191153) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Tupinambis teguixin (70705) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Tupinambis sp. (211631) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Tupinambis sp. (187627) |