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Egernia

Reptilia - Scincidae

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

It was assigned to Lygosominae by Estes (1983); to Scincidae by Carroll (1988); and to Egerniinae by Thorn et al. (2019).

Species
E. gillespieae
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. whitei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Egernia Gray
1983Egernia Estes
1988Egernia Carroll
2019Egernia Thorn et al.

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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()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyScincidaeGray 1825
subfamilyLygosominaeMittleman 1952
genusEgerniaGray 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. Egernia Gray 1838
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Egernia gillespieae Thorn et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:45:25
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:45:25
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Queensland) E. gillespieae (53951)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Australia (Queensland) E. sp. (68775)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) E. whitii (136076 136430)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) E. whitei (28364)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) E. whitii (136072 181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) E. whitii (136172)