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Brevidensilacerta xichuanensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8531403https://www.gbif.org/species/8531403
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)344354https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=344354
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Agamidae : Brevidensilacerta : Brevidensilacerta xichuanensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Agamidae : Brevidensilacerta : Brevidensilacerta xichuanensis
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
-ChamaeleontiformesConrad 2008
-AcrodontaCope 1864
familyAgamidaeGray 1827
genusBrevidensilacertaLi 1991
speciesBrevidensilacerta xichuanensisLi 1991
Generic NameBrevidensilacerta
Scientific NameBrevidensilacerta xichuanensis Li, 1991
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Brevidensilacerta xichuanensisspeciesbelongs to Brevidensilacertastated with evidenceLi, 1991
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Li. 1991. Fossil reptiles from Hetaoyuan Formation, Xichuan, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29(3):190-203

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1991Brevidensilacerta xichuanensis Li p. 199 fig. 1

References

Li J. (1991) Fossil reptiles from Hetaoyuan Formation, Xichuan, Henan, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29 3, 190-203
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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