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Harrisonsaurus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4822529https://www.gbif.org/species/4822529
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37865https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37865
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Iguanidae : Harrisonsaurus
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
genusHarrisonsaurusHolman 1981
Scientific NameHarrisonsaurus Holman, 1981
Name Published InJournal Vertebr. Paleont. 1 (1)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Harrisonsaurusgenusbelongs to Squamatastated without evidenceHolman, 1981
Harrisonsaurusgenusbelongs to Iguanidaestated with evidenceEstes, 1983
Harrisonsaurusgenusbelongs to IguanidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Iguanidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Harrisonsaurus fossilis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
124.8 Ma
Oligocene
24.8 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1981Harrisonsaurus Holman
1983Harrisonsaurus Estes
1988Harrisonsaurus Carroll

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Holman J. A. (1981) A herpetofauna from an early extension of the Harrison Formation (early Miocene: Arikareean), Cherry County, Nebraska, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 1, 49-56
Estes R. (1983) Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A, 1-249
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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
Journal Vertebr. Paleont. 1 (1) - 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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