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Utahgenys ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8595459https://www.gbif.org/species/8595459
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)161665https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=161665
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Contogeniidae : Utahgenys
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
suborderLacertilia
infraorderScincomorphaCamp 1923
familyContogeniidaeNydam and Fitzpatrick 2009
genusUtahgenysNydam & Fitzpatrick 2009
Scientific NameUtahgenys Nydam & Fitzpatrick, 2009
Name Published InArticle title: The occurrence of Contogenys-like lizards in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the Western Interior of the U.S.A.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Utahgenysgenusbelongs to Contogeniidaestated with evidenceNydam and Fitzpatrick, 2009
Utahgenysgenusbelongs to Contogeniidaestated without evidenceNydam, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Nydam and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. The occurrence of Contogenys-like lizards in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the Western Interior of the U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):677-701

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Utahgenys antongai ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Utahgenys evansi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		293.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		93.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2009Utahgenys Nydam and Fitzpatrick p. 684
2013Utahgenys Nydam

References

Nydam R. L., Fitzpatrick B. M. (2009) The occurrence of Contogenys-like lizards in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the Western Interior of the U.S.A., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 3, 677-701 doi:10.1671/039.029.0331
Nydam R. L. (2013) Lizards and snakes from the Cenomanian through Campanian of Southern Utah: filling the gap in the fossil record of Squamata from the Late Cretaceous of the Western Interior of North America, At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah, 370-423
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: The occurrence of Contogenys-like lizards in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the Western Interior of the U.S.A. - 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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