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Parasauromalus olseni

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4968028https://www.gbif.org/species/4968028
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)82850https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82850
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Iguanidae : Parasauromalus : Parasauromalus olseni
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Iguanidae : Parasauromalus : Parasauromalus olseni
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
-IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
-Pleurodonta
familyIguanidaeOppel 1811
genusParasauromalusGilmore 1928
speciesParasauromalus olseniGilmore 1928
Generic NameParasauromalus
Scientific NameParasauromalus olseni Gilmore, 1928
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Parasauromalus olsenispeciesbelongs to Parasauromalusstated without evidenceGilmore, 1928
Parasauromalus olsenispeciesbelongs to Parasauromalusstated with evidenceZonneveld et al., 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance46.2 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Iguanidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1928Parasauromalus olseni Gilmore pp. 27-28 fig. 15
2000Parasauromalus olseni Zonneveld et al.

References

Gilmore C. W. (1928) Fossil lizards of North America, Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22 3, 1-201
Zonneveld J.-P., Gunnell G. F., et al (2000) Early Eocene fossil vertebrates from the southwestern Green River Basin, Lincoln and Uinta counties, Wyoming, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20 2, 369-386
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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