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Pachyvaranidae

Reptilia - Pachyvaranidae

Taxonomy
Pachyvaranidae was named by Kuhn (1961).

It was assigned to Varanoidea by Kuhn (1966), Houssaye et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Pachyvaranus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Pachyvaranidae Kuhn
1966Pachyvaranidae Kuhn p. 58
2011Pachyvaranidae Houssaye et al.

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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()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyPachyvaranidaeKuhn 1961
familyPachyvaranidaeKuhn 1961

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.

Fm. †Pachyvaranidae Kuhn 1961
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G. †Pachyvaranus Arambourg 1952
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†Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg 1952
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Houssaye et al. 2011All varanoids closer to Pachyvaranus than to Varanus and any other varanoid
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-09-10 09:48:06
Modified: 2005-09-10 11:48:06
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Pianka and Vitt 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Syria Varanoidea indet. (117853 117862)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Morocco Pachyvaranus crassispondylus (118378)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Pachyvaranus crassispondylus (116903)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco Pachyvaranus crassispondylus (99627 118067 118377 213665 213666)