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Agama

Reptilia - Agamidae

Taxonomy
Agama was named by Daudin (1802). It is extant.

It was assigned to Agamidae by Hou (1974), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Agama Daudin
1974Agama Hou
1983Agama Estes
1988Agama Carroll
1996Agama 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()
IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
ChamaeleontiformesConrad 2008
AcrodontaCope 1864
familyAgamidaeGray 1827
genusAgamaDaudin 1802

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. Agama Daudin 1802
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Agama agama Linneaus 1758 [Common agama]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) A. sp. (122240)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France A. sp. (60281)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) A. sp. (36014)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) A. sp. (51475 51478)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588France A. sp. (34397 49096)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) A. sp. (51483)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Israel A. stellio (225667)