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Sceloporus (spiny lizard)

Reptilia - Iguanidae

Taxonomy
Sceloporus was named by Wiegmann (1828). It is extant.

It was assigned to Iguanidae by Cope (1875), Yatkola (1976), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Sceloporus Wiegmann
1875Sceloporus Cope p. 48
1976Sceloporus Yatkola p. 650
1983Sceloporus Estes
1988Sceloporus Carroll
1996Sceloporus Frank and Ramus

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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()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—Pleurodonta(Cope 1864)
familyIguanidaeOppel 1811
genusSceloporusWiegmann 1828

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. Sceloporus Wiegmann 1828 [spiny lizard]
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Sceloporus grammicus Wiegmann 1828 [Mesquite lizard]
Sceloporus magister Hallowell 1854 [Desert spiny lizard]
Sceloporus olivaceus Smith 1934 [Texas spiny lizard]
†Sceloporus robustus Twente 1952
Sceloporus undulatus Bosc 1802 [eastern fence lizard]
Sceloporus variabilis Wiegmann 1834 [Rosebelly lizard]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:41:07
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:41:07
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 16.30000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Sceloporus sp. (17881 17963)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Sceloporus sp. (19081)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Sceloporus indet. (18208) Sceloporus sp. (18031 18141 18284 18454 27507)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Sceloporus indet. (18759)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Sceloporus sp. (18324)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Chihuahua) Sceloporus sp. (18755)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Sceloporus robustus (19931)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8Mexico (Hidalgo) Sceloporus sp. (20079)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) Sceloporus undulatus, Sceloporus robustus (19960)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Sceloporus sp. (234637)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (New Mexico) Sceloporus undulatus (19982)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3USA (California) Sceloporus Type A, Sceloporus Type B (199543)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Sceloporus sp. (237076)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Sceloporus undulatus (123875 124319)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Sceloporus undulatus (20427)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Sceloporus undulatus (20530) Sceloporus undulatus, Sceloporus olivaceus (20337)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Sceloporus undulatus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Sceloporus sp. (20177 20178)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Sceloporus undulatus (20355 20360 20361 20369)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Puebla) Sceloporus horridus, Sceloporus grammicus (230717)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Sceloporus undulatus (74953)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Sceloporus sp. (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Sceloporus indet., Sceloporus variabilis (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Sceloporus undulatus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Sceloporus undulatus (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Sceloporus graciosus (155409) Sceloporus occidentalis (79630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Sceloporus undulatus (93139 140702 140704)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Sceloporus sp. (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sceloporus undulatus (76101)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Sceloporus undulatus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Sceloporus clarkii, Sceloporus undulatus, Sceloporus magister (93374)