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Gallotia simonyi

Reptilia - Lacertidae

Taxonomy

Gallotia simonyi was named by Steindachner (1889).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1889	Gallotia simonyi Steindachner

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
—	Episquamata
superfamily	Lacertoidea	Camp 1923
family	Lacertidae	Bonaparte 1831
genus	Gallotia	Boulenger 1916
species	simonyi	Steindachner 1889

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.

†Gallotia simonyi Steindachner 1889

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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Spain (Canary Islands)	Gallotia simonyi (230666 230668)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Spain (Canary Islands)	Gallotia simonyi (230669)