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Abronia (Arboreal alligator lizards)

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Abronia was named by Gray (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gerrhonotinae by McDowell and Bogert (1954) and Kuhn (1966); and to Anguidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Abronia Gray
1954Abronia McDowell and Bogert p. 130
1966Abronia Kuhn p. 54
1996Abronia Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
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)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyGerrhonotinae(Cope 1864)
genusAbroniaGray 1838

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. Abronia Gray 1838 [Arboreal alligator lizards]
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Abronia cuyama Scarpetta and Ledesma 2023
Abronia deppei Wiegmann 1828 [Deppe's arboreal alligator lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:41:37
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:25:38
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Abronia cuyama (19181)