| Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
| Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Lacerta
Taxonomy
Lacerta was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Lacerta agilis. It is the type genus of Lacertidae.
It was assigned to Lacertinidae by d'Orbigny (1849); and to Lacertidae by Hay (1930), Kotsakis (1977), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Böhme (2008), Venczel and Stiuca (2008), Böhme (2010), Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014), Cernansky et al. (2015), Georgalis et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Lacertinidae by d'Orbigny (1849); and to Lacertidae by Hay (1930), Kotsakis (1977), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Böhme (2008), Venczel and Stiuca (2008), Böhme (2010), Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014), Cernansky et al. (2015), Georgalis et al. (2024).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Lacerta Linnaeus p. 200 |
| 1849 | Lacerta d'Orbigny p. 208 |
| 1930 | Lacerta Hay p. 249 |
| 1977 | Lacerta Kotsakis |
| 1983 | Lacerta Estes |
| 1988 | Lacerta Carroll |
| 1996 | Lacerta Frank and Ramus |
| 2008 | Lacerta Böhme p. 169 |
| 2008 | Lacerta Venczel and Stiuca p. 751 figs. 12C-F' |
| 2010 | Lacerta Böhme p. 19 |
| 2014 | Lacerta Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 572 |
| 2015 | Lacerta Cernansky et al. p. 99 |
| 2024 | Lacerta Georgalis et al. |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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. Lacerta Linnaeus 1758
show all | hide all
Lacerta agilis Linneaus 1758 [Sand lizard]
†Lacerta filholi Augé 1988
Lacerta lepida Daudin 1802 [Jewelled lizard]
†Lacerta poncenatensis Müller 1996
Lacerta viridis Laurenti 1768 [European green lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 22 to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Collections (174 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Mongolia (Övörkhangai) | L. sp. (201191) L. sp. 1 (135791 135793 135806) L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2 (75595 135803) L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2, L. sp. 3 (135792) | |
| MP 22 | France (Quercy) | L. filholi (179140 179141 179142) | |
| MP 23 | France (Quercy) | L. filholi (179147) | |
| Rupelian | France | L. filholi (183381) | |
| Rupelian | Belgium (Brabant) | L. filholi (75867) | |
| MP 26 | France (Gard) | L. filholi (172927) | |
| MP 28 | France (Quercy) | L. filholi (36712) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (Bavaria) | L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2, L. sp. 3, L. sp. 4 (84364) | |
| MP 30 | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) | L. filholi (179146) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) | L. sp., L. pulla, L. rottensis (84606) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mongolia (Bayankhongor) | L. sp. 1 (135788) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Spain (Castile-La Mancha) | L. sp. (136269) | |
| MN 2 | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | L. poncenatensis (167464) | |
| MN 2 | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) | L. filholi (179148) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bavaria) | L. sp. 1 (205184) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | L. sp. (69098) | |
| Orleanian | Czechia (Moravia) | L. sp. (190142 200140) | |
| MN 4 | Czechia (Karlovy Vary) | L. sp., L. viridis (138666) | |
| MN 4 | Austria (Styria) | L. sp. (74539) L. sp., L. poncenatensis (74538) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | L. sp. (45612 45613) | |