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Lacerta

Reptilia - Lacertidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Lacerta Linnaeus p. 200
1849Lacerta d'Orbigny p. 208
1930Lacerta Hay p. 249
1977Lacerta Kotsakis
1983Lacerta Estes
1988Lacerta Carroll
1996Lacerta Frank and Ramus
2008Lacerta Böhme p. 169
2008Lacerta Venczel and Stiuca p. 751 figs. 12C-F'
2010Lacerta Böhme p. 19
2014Lacerta Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 572
2015Lacerta Cernansky et al. p. 99

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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
genusLacerta

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. Lacerta Linnaeus 1758
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Lacerta agilis Linneaus 1758 [Sand lizard]
†Lacerta filholi Augé 1988
Lacerta lepida Daudin 1802 [Jewelled lizard]
†Lacerta poncenatensis Müller 1996
Lacerta viridis Laurenti 1768 [European green lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:45:04
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:45:04
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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (171 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) L. sp. (201191) L. sp. 1 (135791 135793 135806) L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2 (75595 135803) L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2, L. sp. 3 (135792)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) L. filholi (179140 179141 179142)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) L. filholi (179147)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Brabant) L. filholi (75867)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France L. filholi (183381)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Gard) L. filholi (172927)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03France (Quercy) L. filholi (36712)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2, L. sp. 3, L. sp. 4 (84364)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) L. filholi (179146)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westfalia) L. sp., L. pulla, L. rottensis (84606)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia (Bayankhongor) L. sp. 1 (135788)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Spain (Castile-La Mancha) L. sp. (136269)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) L. poncenatensis (167464)
MN 222.4 - 20.0France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) L. filholi (179148)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) L. sp. (69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) L. sp. 1 (205184)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Moravia) L. sp. (190142 200140)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary) L. sp., L. viridis (138666)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) L. sp. (74539) L. sp., L. poncenatensis (74538)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) L. sp. (45612 45613)