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Taxonomy
Urosaurus was named by Hallowell (1854). It is extant.
It was assigned to Iguanidae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Iguanidae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Urosaurus Hallowell |
| 1983 | Urosaurus Estes |
| 1988 | Urosaurus Carroll |
| 1996 | Urosaurus Frank and Ramus |
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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. Urosaurus Hallowell 1854
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Urosaurus microscutatus Van Denburgh 1894 [Small-scaled lizard]
Urosaurus nigrocaudus Cope 1864 [Blacktail brush lizard]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | U. ornatus (76060) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | U. ornatus (93374) |