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Zonosaurus (zonosaur)

Reptilia - Gerrhosauridae

Taxonomy
Zonosaurus was named by Boulenger (1887). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cordylidae by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Gerrhosauridae by Burney et al. (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Zonosaurus Boulenger
1996Zonosaurus Frank and Ramus
2008Zonosaurus Burney et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyGerrhosauridaeBoulenger 1885
genusZonosaurusBoulenger 1887

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. Zonosaurus Boulenger 1887 [zonosaur]
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Zonosaurus madagascariensis Gray 1845 [Madagascar girdled lizard]
Zonosaurus ornatus Gray 1845 [Ornate girdled lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Zonosaurus trilineatus (92733)