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Iguania
Taxonomy
Iguania was named by Cuvier (1817) [also attributed to Romer 1956]. It is extant.
It was reranked as the unranked clade Iguania by Gilmore (1928), Kuhn (1946), Norell and de Queiroz (1991) and Fernicola and Albino (2012); it was reranked as the suborder Iguania by Böhme (2010).
It was assigned to Pleurodonta by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Ascalabota by Gilmore (1928); to Kionocrania by Kuhn (1946); to Sauria by Kuhn (1966); to Sauria by Sulimski (1972); to Lacertilia by Seiffert (1975) and Carroll (1988); to Squamata by Norell and de Queiroz (1991); to Lacertilia by Estes (1983), Gao and Hou (1996) and Gao and Fox (1996); to Squamata by Estes et al. (1988), Borsuk-Bialynicka and Alifanov (1991), Gao and Nessov (1998), Datta and Ray (2006), Smith (2006), Conrad and Norell (2007), Böhme (2010) and Fernicola and Albino (2012); and to Toxicofera by Pyron et al. (2013).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Iguania by Gilmore (1928), Kuhn (1946), Norell and de Queiroz (1991) and Fernicola and Albino (2012); it was reranked as the suborder Iguania by Böhme (2010).
It was assigned to Pleurodonta by Cope (1871) and Cope (1875); to Ascalabota by Gilmore (1928); to Kionocrania by Kuhn (1946); to Sauria by Kuhn (1966); to Sauria by Sulimski (1972); to Lacertilia by Seiffert (1975) and Carroll (1988); to Squamata by Norell and de Queiroz (1991); to Lacertilia by Estes (1983), Gao and Hou (1996) and Gao and Fox (1996); to Squamata by Estes et al. (1988), Borsuk-Bialynicka and Alifanov (1991), Gao and Nessov (1998), Datta and Ray (2006), Smith (2006), Conrad and Norell (2007), Böhme (2010) and Fernicola and Albino (2012); and to Toxicofera by Pyron et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1817 | Iguania Cuvier |
| 1871 | Iguania Cope p. 236 |
| 1875 | Iguania Cope p. 18 |
| 1928 | Iguania Gilmore p. 14 |
| 1946 | Iguania Kuhn p. 61 |
| 1966 | Iguania Kuhn p. 49 |
| 1972 | Iguania Sulimski p. 34 |
| 1975 | Iguania Seiffert p. 10 |
| 1983 | Iguania Estes |
| 1988 | Iguania Carroll |
| 1988 | Iguania Estes et al. |
| 1991 | Iguania Borsuk-Bialynicka and Alifanov p. 331 |
| 1991 | Iguania Norell and de Queiroz |
| 1996 | Iguania Gao and Fox p. 13 |
| 1996 | Iguania Gao and Hou p. 580 |
| 1998 | Iguania Gao and Nessov |
| 2006 | Iguania Datta and Ray p. 795 |
| 2006 | Iguania Smith p. 5 |
| 2007 | Iguania Conrad and Norell p. 2 |
| 2010 | Iguania Böhme p. 18 |
| 2012 | Iguania Fernicola and Albino |
| 2013 | Iguania Pyron et al. |
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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.
Infraor. Iguania Cuvier 1817
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Fm. †Arretosauridae Gilmore 1943
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Infraor. †Macrocephalosauria Alifanov 2000
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Fm. †Cherminsauridae Alifanov 2000
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Superfm. †Mongolochamopoidea Alifanov 2000
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Subfm. †Mongolochamopinae Alifanov 2000
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G. †Chilingosaurus Young 1961
G. †Gurvansaurus Alifanov 1993
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†Gurvansaurus canaliculatus Alifanov 1993
†Gurvansaurus potissimus Alifanov 1993
Tr. †Mongolochamopini Alifanov 1993
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G. †Altanteius Alifanov 1993
G. †Barungoia Alifanov 1993
G. †Buckantaus Nessov 1985
G. †Dzhadochtosaurus Alifanov 1993
G. †Mongolochamops Alifanov 1988
Fm. †Piramicephalosauridae Alifanov 2000
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Fm. Opluridae Titus and Frost 1996 [Madagascar iguana]
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G. Oplurus Cuvier 1829
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Oplurus cuvieri Gray 1831 [Cuvier's Madagascar swift]
Oplurus cyclurus Merrem 1820 [Merrem's Madagascar swift]
Oplurus fierinensis Grandidier 1869 [Anzamala Madagascar swift]
Oplurus grandidieri Mocquard 1900 [Grandidier's Madagascar swift]
Oplurus quadrimaculatus Dumeril 1851 [Dumeril's Madagascar swift]
Oplurus saxicola Grandidier 1869 [Marked Madagascar swift]
Invalid names: Anolidae Cope 1864 [empty], Chamaeleonoidea Rafinesque 1815 [empty], Euposauridae Camp 1923 [empty], Isodontosauridae Alifanov 1993 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available