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Toxicofera

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)340706https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=340706
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Toxicofera
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
-EpisquamataPyron et al. 2013
-ToxicoferaVidal and Hedges 2005
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Toxicoferaunranked cladebelongs to Episquamatastated with evidencePyron et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)647
Extant Size (PBDB)121 (19%)
First Recorded Appearance168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. A. Pyron, F. T. Burbrink, and J. J. Wiens. 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(1):1-53

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Anguimorpha
suborder
listed (PBDB)1,587168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
0 Ma
Extant
Iguania
infraorder
listed (PBDB)30125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
Mosasauria
superfamily
listed (PBDB)690156 Ma
Jurassic
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mosasauroidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)34140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Polyglyphanodontia
unranked clade
listed (PBDB)72105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2005Toxicofera Vidal and Hedges p. 1005 fig. 1
2013Toxicofera Pyron et al.

References

Pyron R. A., Burbrink F. T., et al (2013) A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes, BMC Evolutionary Biology 13 1, 1-53 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93
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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