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Taxonomy
Sphenomorphus was named by Fitzinger (1842) [also credited to Fitzinger (1843) but first appearance of the name, including the (implicit) designation of a type species, is in Treitschke’s pictorial atlas (see Schmidtler 2013, Herpetozoa 26(1/2):15-26)]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Scincidae by Smith (1976).
It was assigned to Scincidae by Smith (1976).
Species
Synonymy list
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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.
G. Sphenomorphus Fitzinger 1842 [common skink]
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Sphenomorphus tympanum Lönnberg and Andersson 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Sphenomorphus tympanum (28364) |