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Crotaphytidae
Taxonomy
Crotaphytidae was named by Frost and Etheridge (1989). It is extant.
It was assigned to Iguania by Hollenshead and Mead (2006) and Conrad et al. (2007); and to Pleurodonta by Conrad and Norell (2007).
It was assigned to Iguania by Hollenshead and Mead (2006) and Conrad et al. (2007); and to Pleurodonta by Conrad and Norell (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Crotaphytidae Frost and Etheridge |
| 2006 | Crotaphytidae Hollenshead and Mead p. 568 |
| 2007 | Crotaphytidae Conrad and Norell fig. 19 |
| 2007 | Crotaphytidae Conrad et al. p. 1370 |
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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.
Fm. Crotaphytidae Frost and Etheridge 1989
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G. Gambelia Baird and Girard 1852 [Leopard lizards]
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†Gambelia corona Norell 1989
Gambelia wislizenii Baird and Girard 1852 [Longnose leopard lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Blancan or 20.43000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Sceloporus sp. (19073 19074 19075) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nevada) | Gambelia sp. (19965) | |
| Blancan - Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Gambelia corona (199543) |