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Dracaenosaurus

Reptilia - Lacertidae

Taxonomy
Dracaenosaurus was named by Pomel (1846). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lacertidae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988) and Augé (2005).

Species
D. croizeti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Dracaenosaurus Pomel
1983Dracaenosaurus Estes
1988Dracaenosaurus Carroll
2005Dracaenosaurus Augé

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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()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
familyLacertidaeBonaparte 1831
genusDracaenosaurusPomel 1846

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. †Dracaenosaurus Pomel 1846
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†Dracaenosaurus croizeti Gervais 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available