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Pachyvaranidae

Reptilia - Pachyvaranidae

Taxonomy
Pachyvaranidae was named by Kuhn (1961).

It was assigned to Varanoidea by Kuhn (1966) and Houssaye et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Pachyvaranidae Kuhn
1966Pachyvaranidae Kuhn p. 58
2011Pachyvaranidae Houssaye et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyPachyvaranidaeKuhn 1961
familyPachyvaranidaeKuhn 1961

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. †Pachyvaranidae Kuhn 1961
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G. †Pachyvaranus Arambourg 1952
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Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg 1952
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Houssaye et al. 2011All varanoids closer to Pachyvaranus than to Varanus and any other varanoid