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Aocnodromeus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4820699https://www.gbif.org/species/4820699
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)202460https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=202460
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Scincidae : Aocnodromeus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
superorderLepidosauria
orderSquamataOppel 1811
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyScincidaeGray 1825
genusAocnodromeusGao & Fox 1996
Scientific NameAocnodromeus Gao & Fox, 1996
Name Published InBull Carnegie Mus Nat Hist 33
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aocnodromeusgenusbelongs to Scincidaestated with evidenceGao and Fox, 1996
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Scincidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1996. Taxonomy and evolution of Late Cretaceous lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from western Canada. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of natural History 33:1-107

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aocnodromeus corrugatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
185.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1996Aocnodromeus Gao and Fox p. 51

References

Gao K. -Q., Fox R. C. (1996) Taxonomy and evolution of Late Cretaceous lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from western Canada, Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of natural History 33, 1-107
Bull Carnegie Mus Nat Hist 33 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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