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Agama

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Agama is a Sanskrit word which is a term for scriptures in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agama, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9196151	https://www.gbif.org/species/9196151
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37882	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37882

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Agamidae : Agama

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Lepidosauromorpha
superorder	Lepidosauria
order	Squamata	Oppel 1811
-	Iguanomorpha	Sukhanov 1961
-	Chamaeleontiformes	Conrad 2008
-	Acrodonta	Cope 1864
family	Agamidae	Gray 1827
genus	Agama	Daudin 1802

Scientific Name

Agama Daudin, 1802

Name Published In

Daudin, F. M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles. F. Dufart, Paris. Vol. t.3: 1-452; pls. 29-45.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Agama	genus	belongs to Agamidae	stated without evidence	Hou, 1974
Agama	genus	belongs to Agamidae	stated with evidence	Estes, 1983
Agama	genus	belongs to Agamidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Agama	genus	belongs to Agamidae	stated without evidence	Frank and Ramus, 1996

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Diapsida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Common Name(s)

Agamas

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agama

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Youngest
Agama aculeata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama africana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama agama species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Common Agama	0 Ma Extant
Agama anchietae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama andrietae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama aramata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama armata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama atra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama bocourti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama boensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama bottegi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama boueti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama boulengeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama caudospinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama cristata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama doriae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama etoshae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama finchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama gracilimembris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama hartmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama hispida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama hulbertorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama impalearis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama insularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama kaimosae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama kirkii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama knobeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama lanzai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama lebretoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama lionotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama lucyae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama montana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama mossambica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama mucosoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama mwanzae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama parafricana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama paragama species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama persimilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama planiceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama robecchii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama rubrigularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama rueppelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama sankaranica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama sisrorita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama somalica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama spinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama sylvana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama tassiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama tuberculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama turuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama weidholzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agama wilmsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1802	Agama Daudin
1974	Agama Hou
1983	Agama Estes
1988	Agama Carroll
1996	Agama Frank and Ramus

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Hou L. (1974) Paleocene Lizards from Anhui, China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 12 3, 193-200

Estes R. (1983) Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A, 1-249

Frank N., Ramus E. (1996) A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World, 1-377

CoL2006 - 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

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 565 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Phrynosoma Wiegmann, 1828 (class Reptilia) (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 92).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 20(32), 359-376 (1959) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

SN2000/Uetz, 1995-, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sonnini's Buffon, Rept., 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Uetz, 1995- - 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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