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Holbrookia (lesser earless lizard)

Reptilia - Iguanidae

Taxonomy
Holbrookia was named by Girard (1851). It is extant.

It was assigned to Iguanidae by Cope (1875), Yatkola (1976), Estes (1983) and Carroll (1988).

Species
H. antiqua

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Holbrookia Girard
1875Holbrookia Cope p. 47
1976Holbrookia Yatkola p. 648
1983Holbrookia Estes
1988Holbrookia Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyIguanidaeOppel 1811
genusHolbrookiaGirard 1851

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. Holbrookia Girard 1851 [lesser earless lizard]
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†Holbrookia antiqua Yatkola 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:41:07
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:41:07
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.43000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Holbrookia antiqua (17963)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Holbrookia sp. (20318 20530)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Holbrookia maculata (20427)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Holbrookia maculata (20359 20361 20369)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Holbrookia sp. (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Holbrookia maculata, Holbrookia texana (93374)