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Lanthanotidae (disused)

Reptilia - Lanthanotidae

Taxonomy
Lanthanotidae was named by Steindachner (1878). It is extant. Its type is Lanthanotus.

It was assigned to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Platynota by McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Platynota by Borsuk-Bialynicka (1984); and to Varanoidea by Kuhn (1966), Seiffert (1975), Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Lanthanotidae Steindachner
1928Lanthanotidae Perrier p. 3096
1954Lanthanotidae McDowell and Bogert p. 133
1966Lanthanotidae Kuhn p. 58
1975Lanthanotidae Seiffert p. 10
1984Lanthanotidae Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 59
1988Lanthanotidae Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyLanthanotidaeSteindachner 1878
familyLanthanotidaeSteindachner 1878

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.

Fm. Lanthanotidae Steindachner 1878
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Comme les précédents, mais dents non canaliculées; peau simplement verruqueuse, chaque verrue couverte d'une écaille.
S. B. McDowell and C. M. Bogert 1954No temporal arch; frontals separate, their descending processes not quite meeting to underarch the olfactory tracts but completely separating the orbits; no pineal foramen; braincase closed posteriorly by the formation of a long and firm sutural contact between the parietal and the pro-otic; no hyperphalangy; sacrum of two vertebrae; pelvis complete; interclavicle apparently reduced to a longitudinal rod; cervical vertebrae nine; both palatine and pterygoid with a few teeth; quadrate not massive; muzzle short and blunt.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-09-10 09:48:06
Modified: 2005-09-10 11:48:06
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Pianka and Vitt 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available