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Lacertilia (lizard)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Lacertilia was named by Owen (1842). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Prothero and Estes (1980).

It was corrected as Lacertia by Owen (1854); it was reranked as the suborder Lacertae by Gadow (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Sauria by Hay (1902), Kuhn (1966) and Dundee (1989); it was corrected as Lacerti by Jaekel (1910); it was reranked as the order Lacerti by Jaekel (1911); it was synonymized subjectively with Sauria by Perrier (1928), Sulimski (1975) and Lingham-Soliar (1994); it was reranked as the unranked clade Lacertilia by Sullivan (1986), Nicholls and Meckert (2002) and Augé and Rage (2006); it was reranked as the suborder Lacertilia by Zittel (1890), Woodward (1898), Osborn (1903), Lambe (1908), Swinton (1934), Roxo (1937), Kuhn (1946), Huene (1954), Miller (1967), Seiffert (1975), Carroll and Galton (1977), Prothero and Estes (1980), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Carroll (1982), Estes (1983), Stritzke (1983), Carroll (1988), Gao and Fox (1991), Gao and Fox (1996), Frank and Ramus (1996), Gao and Hou (1996), Peng et al. (2001), Venczel and Stiuca (2008) and Böhme (2010).

It was assigned to Sauria by Owen (1859); to Lepidosauria by Zittel (1890); to Autosauri by Gadow (1898); to Squamata by Osborn (1903) and Osborn (1904); to Lyognatha by Jaekel (1910); to Lyognathi by Jaekel (1911); to Squamata by Miller (1967); to Sauria by Estes (1983); to Sauria by Sullivan (1986); to Squamata by Nicholls and Meckert (2002); to Reptilia by Owen (1854), Owen (1860), Owen (1861), Cope (1871), Leidy (1873), Cope (1875), Günther (1886) and Augé and Rage (2006); and to Squamata by Woodward (1898), Osborn (1903), Lambe (1908), Swinton (1934), Roxo (1937), Kuhn (1946), Huene (1954), Seiffert (1975), Carroll and Galton (1977), Prothero and Estes (1980), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Carroll (1982), Stritzke (1983), Carroll (1988), Gao and Fox (1991), Gao and Fox (1996), Frank and Ramus (1996), Gao and Hou (1996), Peng et al. (2001), Venczel and Stiuca (2008) and Böhme (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Lacertilia Owen
1854Lacertia Owen p. 80
1859Lacertilia Owen p. 152
1860Lacertilia Owen p. 278
1861Lacertilia Owen p. 306
1871Lacertilia Cope p. 236
1872Iguanavus Marsh p. 309
1873Diacium Cope p. 17
1873Cremastosaurus Cope p. 18
1873Cremastosaurus carinicollis Cope p. 18
1873Lacertilia Leidy p. 344
1875Lacertilia Cope p. 17
1884Platyrhachis rhambastes Cope p. 779
1886Lacertilia Günther p. 444
1890Lacertilia Zittel p. 450
1892Iguanavus Marsh
1898Lacertae Gadow p. 25
1898Lacertilia Woodward p. 141
1902Iguanavus Hay p. 474
1902Cremastosaurus Hay p. 477
1902Cremastosaurus carinicollis Hay p. 477
1902Diacium Hay p. 477
1902Platyrhachis rhambastes Hay p. 477
1903Lacertilia Osborn p. 276
1904Lacertilia Osborn p. 114
1908Lacertilia Lambe
1910Lacerti Jaekel p. 336
1911Lacerti Jaekel p. 154
1928Iguanavus Gilmore p. 16
1928Cremastosaurus Gilmore p. 151
1928Cremastosaurus rhambastes Gilmore p. 152
1930Iguanavus Hay p. 246
1930Cremastosaurus Hay p. 255
1930Cremastosaurus carinicollis Hay p. 255
1930Cremastosaurus rhambastes Hay p. 255
1930Diacium Hay p. 256
1934Lacertilia Swinton p. 17
1937Lacertilia Roxo p. 43
1946Lacertilia Kuhn p. 60
1953Cremastosaurus Galbreath p. 39
1953Diacium Galbreath p. 39
1954Lacertilia Huene p. 62
1967Lacertilia Miller p. 227
1975Lacertilia Seiffert p. 9
1977Lacertilia Carroll and Galton
1980Lacertilia Prothero and Estes
1981Lacertilia Thurmond and Jones p. 148
1982Lacertilia Carroll p. 183
1983Lacertilia Estes
1983Lacertilia Stritzke
1986Lacertilia Sullivan p. 109
1988Iguanavus Carroll
1988Lacertilia Carroll
1991Lacertilia Gao and Fox
1996Lacertilia Frank and Ramus
1996Lacertilia Gao and Fox
1996Lacertilia Gao and Hou p. 580
2001Lacertilia Peng et al. p. 26
2002Lacertilia Nicholls and Meckert p. 1593
2006Lacertilia Augé and Rage p. 239
2008Lacertilia Venczel and Stiuca p. 750
2010Lacertilia Böhme p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderLacertilia(Owen 1842)
suborderLacertilia(Owen 1842)

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.

Subor. Lacertilia Owen 1842 [lizard]
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G. †Araeosaurus Seeley 1881
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Araeosaurus gracilis Seeley 1881
G. †Costasaurus Estes 1983
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Costasaurus rusconi Costa 1851
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Invalid names: Polysemia apennina Costa 1864 [objective synonym]
G. †Dicarlesia Huene 1932
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Dicarlesia incognita Huene 1931
Invalid names: Carlesia Huene 1931 [replaced]
G. †Durotrigia Hoffstetter 1967
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Durotrigia triconidens Hoffstetter 1967
G. †Francosaurophis Kuhn 1959
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Invalid names: Saurophis Brunner 1957 [replaced]
G. †Oxia Nessov 1985
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Oxia karakalpakensis Nessov 1985
G. †Paraprionosaurus Gilmore 1938
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Tr. †Repentia
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G. †Raphiosaurus Owen 1842
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Raphiosaurus lucius Dixon 1850
G. †Sauromorus Pomel 1953
G. †Tarratosaurus Broschinksi and Sigogneau-Russell 1996
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Tarratosaurus anoualensis Broschinksi and Sigogneau-Russell 1996
G. †Teilhardosaurus Shikama 1947
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G. Tupinambis Daudin 1802 [tegu]
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Tupinambis brevirostris Rovereto 1914
Tupinambis multidentatus Rovereto 1914
Tupinambis prerufescens Rovereto 1914
Tupinambis preteguixin Rovereto 1914
Tupinambis rufescens Gunther 1871 [Red tegu]
Tupinambis teguixin Linnaeus 1758
Invalid names: Diasemosaurus Ameghino 1898 [synonym], Diasemosaurus occidentalis Ameghino 1893 [nomen dubium], Dibolosodon Ameghino 1898 [synonym], Dibolosodon typicus Ameghino 1893 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Changjiangidae Hou 1976 [empty], Cremastosaurus Cope 1873 [nomen dubium], Cremastosaurus rhambastes Cope 1884 [nomen dubium], Diacium Cope 1873 [nomen dubium], Iguanavus Marsh 1872 [nomen dubium], Kionocrania Stannius 1856 [empty], Natantia Owen 1851 [empty], Ophiosauri Cope 1864 [empty], Rhiptoglossa Wiegmann 1834 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Owen 1859Vertebrae procoelian, with a single transverse process on each side, and with single-headed ribs; sacral vertebrae not exceeding two.
R. Owen 1860Vertebrae procoelian, with a single transverse process on each side, and with single-headed ribs ; sacral vertebrae not exceeding two : two external nostrils ; a foramen parietale in most,
R. Owen 1861Vertebrae proccelian, with a single transverse process on each side, and with single-headed ribs; sacral vertebrae not exceeding two; two external nostrils; a foramen parietale in most.