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Dracaenosaurus

Reptilia - Lacertidae

Taxonomy
Dracaenosaurus was named by Pomel (1846). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lacertidae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988) and Augé (2005).

Species
D. croizeti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Dracaenosaurus Pomel
1983Dracaenosaurus Estes
1988Dracaenosaurus Carroll
2005Dracaenosaurus Augé

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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()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
familyLacertidaeBonaparte 1831
genusDracaenosaurusPomel 1846

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. †Dracaenosaurus Pomel 1846
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†Dracaenosaurus croizeti Gervais 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:45:04
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:45:04
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 28 to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 28.40000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) D. croizeti (179194)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Puy-de-Dôme) D. croizeti (179177)
MP 28 - MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) D. croizeti (59126)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) D. sp., D. croizeti (74679)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) D. croizeti (179146)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Spain (Castile-La Mancha) D. sp. (136269)