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Teiioidea
Taxonomy
Teiioidea was named by Estes et al. (1988). It is extant. Its type is Teiidae. It was considered monophyletic by Lee and Caldwell (2000).
It was assigned to Lacertiformes by Estes et al. (1988); to Lacertoidea by Lee and Caldwell (2000); to Laterata by Vidal and Hedges (2005); and to Scincomorpha by Fernicola and Albino (2012).
It was assigned to Lacertiformes by Estes et al. (1988); to Lacertoidea by Lee and Caldwell (2000); to Laterata by Vidal and Hedges (2005); and to Scincomorpha by Fernicola and Albino (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1988 | Teiioidea Estes et al. |
2000 | Teiioidea Lee and Caldwell |
2005 | Teiioidea Vidal and Hedges |
2012 | Teiioidea Fernicola and Albino |
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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.
Unr. Teiioidea Estes et al. 1988
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Fm. †Barbatteiidae Codrea et al. 2017
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Fm. Gymnophthalmidae Merrem 1820
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G. Arthrosaura Boulenger 1885 [arthrosauras]
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Arthrosaura reticulata O'Shaughnessy 1891 [Yellowbelly arthrosaura]
G. Bachia Gray 1845 [bachias]
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Bachia bicolor Cope 1896 [Two-coloured bachia]
Bachia bresslaui Amaral 1935 [Bresslau's bachia]
Bachia heteropa Lichtenstein 1856 [La Guaira bachia]
G. Calyptommatus Rodrigues 1991 [microteiids]
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Calyptommatus liolepis Rodrigues 1991 [Greater microteiid]
Calyptommatus nicterus Rodrigues 1991 [Rodrigues' microteiid]
Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Rodrigues 1991 [Lesser microteiid]
G. Gymnophthalmus Merrem 1820 [microteiids]
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Gymnophthalmus speciosus Hallowell 1861 [Golden spectacled tegu]
G. †Oreosaurus Peters 1862
Fm. Teiidae Gray 1827
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G. Alopoglossus Boulenger 1885 [Northern teiids]
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Alopoglossus atriventris Duellman 1973 [Duellman's teiid]
Alopoglossus festae Peracca 1904 [Peracca's teiid]
G. Amapasaurus Cunha 1970 [Four-toed amapsaurus]
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Amapasaurus tetradactylus Cunha 1970 [Four-toed amapsaurus]
G. Colobosaura Boulenger 1887 [colobosauras]
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Colobosaura modesta Reinhardt and Lutken 1862 [Bahia colobosaura]
G. Colobosauroides de Cunha et al. 1991 [Cunha's teiids]
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Colobosauroides caerensis de Cunha et al. 1991 [Cunha's teiid]
G. †Conicodontosaurus Gilmore 1943
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†Conicodontosaurus djadochtaensis Gilmore 1943
†Conicodontosaurus kanhsienensis Young 1973
G. Crocodilurus Daudin 1802 [Crocodile tegus]
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Crocodilurus lacertinus Daudin 1802 [Crocodile tegus]
G. †Meyasaurus Vidal 1915
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†Meyasaurus crusafonti Hoffstetter 1966
†Meyasaurus diazromerali Evans and Barbadillo 1997
†Meyasaurus faurai Vidal 1915
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Invalid names: Rubiessaurus lapicidinarum Gomez Pallerola 1979 [synonym]
†Meyasaurus unaensis Richter 1994
Invalid names: Ilerdaesaurus Hoffstetter 1966 [synonym], Rubiessaurus Gomez Pallerola 1979 [synonym]
G. Pantodactylus Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Many-fingered teiids]
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Pantodactylus quadrilineatus Boetteger 1876 [Lined many-fingered teiid]
Pantodactylus schreibersii Wiegmann 1834 [Schreiber's many-fingered teiid]
G. Proctoporus Tschudi 1845 [Lightbulb lizards]
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Proctoporus guentheri Boetteger 1891 [Gunther's lightbulb lizard]
Proctoporus pachyurus Tschudi 1845 [Tschudi's lightbulb lizard]
Subfm. †Teiinae
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Tr. Tupinambini Presch 1974
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G. Callopistes Gravenhorst 1838
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Callopistes flavipunctatus Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [False monitor]
Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst 1837 [Spotted false monitor]
†Callopistes rionegrensis Quadros et al. 2018
G. Dracaena Daudin 1802 [caiman lizard]
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Dracaena guianensis Daudin 1802 [Guyana caiman lizard]
Dracaena paraguayensis Amaral 1950 [Paraguay caiman lizard]
Tr. Teiini Presch 1974
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G. Ameiva Meyer 1795 [whiptail lizard]
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Ameiva alboguttata Boulenger 1896 [Common Puerto Rican ameiva]
Ameiva ameiva Linneaus 1758 [Giant ameiva]
Ameiva atrata Garman 1887 [Redonda groundlizard]
Ameiva atrigularis Garman 1887 [Venezuelan ameiva]
Ameiva auberi Cocteau 1838 [Cuban groundlizard]
Ameiva bifrontata Cope 1862 [Khaki ameiva]
Ameiva chrysolaema Cope 1868 [Common ameiva]
Ameiva cineracea Barbour and Noble 1915 [Guadeloupean groundlizard]
Ameiva concolor Ruthven 1924
Ameiva corax Censky and Paulson 1992 [Little scrub groundlizard]
Ameiva corvina Cope 1861 [Sombrero groundlizard]
Ameiva dorsalis Gray 1838 [Jamaican groundlizard]
Ameiva erythrocephala Shaw 1802 [Red-faced groundlizard]
Ameiva exsul Cope 1862 [Puerto Rican giant groundlizard]
Ameiva fuscata Garman 1887 [Dominica groundlizard]
Ameiva griswoldi Barbour 1916 [Griwald's ameiva]
Ameiva lineolata Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Pygmy blue-tailed groundlizard]
Ameiva major Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Guadeloupean giant groundlizard]
Ameiva maynardi Garman 1888 [Great Inagua ameiva]
Ameiva parecis Colli et al. 2003 [calango]
Ameiva plei Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Anguilla bank groundlizard]
Ameiva pluvianotata Garman 1887 [Montserrat groundlizard]
Ameiva polops Cope 1862 [St Croix ameiva]
Ameiva praesignis Baird and Girard 1852 [Giant ameiva]
Ameiva provitaae Garcia-Perez 1995 [Mato trompa roja]
Ameiva taeniura Cope 1862 [Hispaniolan blue-tailed groundlizard]
Ameiva wetmorei Stejneger 1913 [Puerto Rican blue-tailed groundlizard]
G. Cnemidophorus Wagler 1830 [whiptail lizard]
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Cnemidophorus alpinus Maslin and Walker 1965 [Alpine whiptail]
Cnemidophorus angusticeps Cope 1878 [Yucatan whiptail]
Cnemidophorus arubensis Lidth de Jeude 1887 [Aruba whiptail]
Cnemidophorus bacatus Van Denburgh and Slevin 1921 [San Pedro Nolasco whiptail]
Cnemidophorus burti Taylor 1938 [Canyon spotted whiptail]
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Cnemidophorus burti stictogrammus Burger 1950 [Giant spotted whiptail]
Cnemidophorus burti xanthanotus Duellman and Lowe 1953 [Redback whiptail]
Cnemidophorus calidipes Duellman 1951 [Rio Tepalcatepic Valley whiptail]
Cnemidophorus longicaudus Bell 1843 [Longtail whiptail]
Cnemidophorus ocellifer Spix 1825 [Spix's whiptail]
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Linnaeus 1766 [six-lined racerunner]
G. Dicrodon Duméril and Bibron 1839
Invalid names: Alethesaurus quadratus Gilmore 1928 [nomen vanum], Callopistinae Harvey et al. 2012 [empty], Iguanavus exilis Marsh 1872 [nomen dubium], Iguanavus teres Marsh 1892 [nomen dubium], Lanceosaurus compressus Gilmore 1928 [nomen vanum], Lanceosaurus hatcheri Gilmore 1928 [nomen vanum]
Invalid names: Macroteiida Conrad 2008 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 130.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma
Collections (114 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Barremian | Spain | Rubiessaurus lapicidinarum (152685) | |
Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Meyasaurus sp., Ilerdaesaurus sp. (36368) | |
Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Cataluña) | Meyasaurus faurai, Ilerdaesaurus crusafonti (85293) | |
Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Cuenca) | Ilerdaesaurus unaensis (122078) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Cuenca) | Ilerdaesaurus unaensis (61319) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Meyasaurus diazromerali (28006) | |
Aptian - Albian | USA (Wyoming) | Teiidae indet. A, Ptilotodon wilsoni (137577) Teiidae indet. A, Teiidae indet., Ptilotodon wilsoni (137567) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | USA (Texas) | Teiinae indet. (14408) | |
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | USA (Oklahoma) | Teiidae indet., Ptilotodon wilsoni (14392) | |
Albian | Chile (O'Higgins) | Teiidae indet. (170685) | |
Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | Harmodontosaurus emeryensis (14400) Paramacellodidae indet. A (14405) Teiidae indet. (14396) | |
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Teiidae indet. (46959) | |
Santonian | Hungary (Veszprém) | Teiidae indet. (48722) | |
Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | Sphenosiagon simplex (14425) | |
Judithian | Canada (Alberta) | Gerontoseps irvinensis, Glyptogenys ornata, Sphenosiagon simplex (14463) Glyptogenys ornata (116537) | |
Judithian | USA (Montana) | Teiidae indet. (14453) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Chamops segnis (14447) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Chamops segnis (116566) Gerontoseps irvinensis (45671) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Conicodontosaurus djadochtaensis (46152) | |
Middle Campanian | China (Nei Mongol) | Conicodontosaurus djadochtaensis (118301) | |
Middle Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Teiidae indet. (180790) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Sphenosiagon simplex (116538) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Chamops segnis (14446) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Texas) | Teiidae sp. (68001 68003) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Alba) | Oardasaurus glyphis (115074) | |
Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Alethesaurus quadratus (14565) | |
Lancian | USA (Montana) | Teiidae indet. (14559) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Barbatteius vremiri (48445) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Iguanavus teres (118461) Lanceosaurus compressus (180016) Lanceosaurus hatcheri (52695) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | France (Midi-Pyrénées) | Teiidae indet. (199535) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Lanceosaurus hatcheri (45675) | |
Ypresian | Argentina (Salta) | Lumbrerasaurus scagliai (20983) | |
Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Teidae indet. (15917) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Teiidae indet. (16244) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Iguanavus exilis (81455) | |
Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Tupinambinae indet., Brevisaurus smithi (12849) | |
Priabonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) | Tupinambinae indet., Brevisaurus smithi (12853) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | France (Quercy) | Tupinambinae indet. (12850) | |
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Brevisaurus smithi (179194) | |
Rupelian - Chattian | Peru | Teiidae indet. morph 1 (199562) | |
Colhuehuapian | Peru | Teiidae indet. (176149) | |
Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Rio Negra) | Callopistes rionegrensis (201681) | |
Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Teiidae indet. (18562) | |
Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Cnemidophorus sp. (18165 27481) | |
Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Florida) | Cnemidophorus sp. (18538) | |
Middle Miocene | Colombia | Paradracaena colombiana (13758) | |
Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Dracaena colombiana (133648 136211 143789) Paradracaena colombiana (186607 186608 186610 186664 186675 186787 187944 187945 187946 187947 187949 187951) | |
Laventan | Colombia | Paradracaena colombiana (13682 13684 13687 13739 13743 13749 13750) Paradracaena columbiana (117981) | |
Laventan | Peru | Paradracaena sp. (213137) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Kansas) | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (18450) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (18324 188779) | |
Tortonian | Brazil (Amazonas) | Paradracaena sp. (67386) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | Dracaena sp. (136714) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Cnemidophorus sp. (18126) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | Cnemidophorus sp. (19610) | |
Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Callopistes bicuspidatus (198863) | |
Blancan | USA (Nebraska) | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (19960) | |
Blancan | USA (Kansas) | Cnemidophorus bilobatus, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (19931) | |
Blancan - Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Teiini indet. (199543) | |
Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Córdoba) | Teius sp. (197905) | |
Piacenzian | Argentina (Córdoba) | Salvator merianae, Salvator sp. (225604) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (South Dakota) | Cnemidophorus sp. (20389) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (20427 20516) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Cnemidophorus sp. (26548) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | Salvator merianae (212840) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (20491) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Teiidae indet., Ameiva ameiva (211821) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Cnemidophorus perplexus (93141) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Cnemidophorus sp. (76060) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Missouri) | Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (75995) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Cnemidophorus gularis (71264) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Nevada) | Cnemidophorus tigris (99602) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | Ameiva auberi (144649) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda (Barbuda) | Ameiva griswaldi (155350) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Cnemidophorus sp. (93374) | |
Holocene | Bahamas | Ameiva sp. (194591 194593 194597) | |
Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda | Ameiva griswoldi (94615 215286) | |
Holocene | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Ameiva sp. (211631) | |
Holocene | Jamaica | Ameiva dorsalis (215359) |