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Teiini

Osteichthyes - Teiidae

Taxonomy
Teiini was named by Presch (1974). It is extant.

It was assigned to Teiinae by Estes (1983); and to Teiidae by Norell (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Teiini Presch
1983Teiini Estes
1989Teiini Norell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
—Teiioidea
familyTeiidaeGray 1827
tribeTeiiniPresch 1974
tribeTeiiniPresch 1974

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Teiini Presch 1974
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G. Ameiva Meyer 1795 [whiptail lizard]
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Ameiva alboguttata Boulenger 1896 [Common Puerto Rican ameiva]
Ameiva ameiva Linneaus 1758 [Giant ameiva]
Ameiva atrata Garman 1887 [Redonda groundlizard]
Ameiva atrigularis Garman 1887 [Venezuelan ameiva]
Ameiva auberi Cocteau 1838 [Cuban groundlizard]
Ameiva bifrontata Cope 1862 [Khaki ameiva]
Ameiva chrysolaema Cope 1868 [Common ameiva]
Ameiva cineracea Barbour and Noble 1915 [Guadeloupean groundlizard]
Ameiva concolor Ruthven 1924
Ameiva corax Censky and Paulson 1992 [Little scrub groundlizard]
Ameiva corvina Cope 1861 [Sombrero groundlizard]
Ameiva dorsalis Gray 1838 [Jamaican groundlizard]
Ameiva erythrocephala Shaw 1802 [Red-faced groundlizard]
Ameiva exsul Cope 1862 [Puerto Rican giant groundlizard]
Ameiva fuscata Garman 1887 [Dominica groundlizard]
Ameiva griswoldi Barbour 1916 [Griwald's ameiva]
Ameiva lineolata Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Pygmy blue-tailed groundlizard]
Ameiva major Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Guadeloupean giant groundlizard]
Ameiva maynardi Garman 1888 [Great Inagua ameiva]
Ameiva parecis Colli et al. 2003 [calango]
Ameiva plei Dumeril and Bibron 1839 [Anguilla bank groundlizard]
Ameiva pluvianotata Garman 1887 [Montserrat groundlizard]
Ameiva polops Cope 1862 [St Croix ameiva]
Ameiva praesignis Baird and Girard 1852 [Giant ameiva]
Ameiva provitaae Garcia-Perez 1995 [Mato trompa roja]
Ameiva taeniura Cope 1862 [Hispaniolan blue-tailed groundlizard]
Ameiva wetmorei Stejneger 1913 [Puerto Rican blue-tailed groundlizard]
G. Cnemidophorus Wagler 1830 [whiptail lizard]
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Cnemidophorus alpinus Maslin and Walker 1965 [Alpine whiptail]
Cnemidophorus angusticeps Cope 1878 [Yucatan whiptail]
Cnemidophorus arubensis Lidth de Jeude 1887 [Aruba whiptail]
Cnemidophorus bacatus Van Denburgh and Slevin 1921 [San Pedro Nolasco whiptail]
Cnemidophorus burti Taylor 1938 [Canyon spotted whiptail]
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Cnemidophorus burti stictogrammus Burger 1950 [Giant spotted whiptail]
Cnemidophorus burti xanthanotus Duellman and Lowe 1953 [Redback whiptail]
Cnemidophorus calidipes Duellman 1951 [Rio Tepalcatepic Valley whiptail]
Cnemidophorus longicaudus Bell 1843 [Longtail whiptail]
Cnemidophorus ocellifer Spix 1825 [Spix's whiptail]
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus Linnaeus 1766 [six-lined racerunner]
G. Dicrodon Duméril and Bibron 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:44:41
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:44:41
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Holocene or 16.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.5 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Cnemidophorus sp. (18165 27481)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Florida) Cnemidophorus sp. (18538)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (18450)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (18324 188779)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Cnemidophorus sp. (18126)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Arizona) Cnemidophorus sp. (19610)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Cnemidophorus bilobatus, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (19931)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (19960)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21USA (California) Teiini indet. (199543)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Cnemidophorus sp. (237076)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (20427 20516)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Cnemidophorus sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Cnemidophorus sp. (26548)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cnemidophorus sp. (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Ameiva ameiva (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (75995)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Cnemidophorus gularis (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cnemidophorus perplexus (93141)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Cnemidophorus tigris (99602)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Ameiva auberi (144649)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda (Barbuda) Ameiva griswaldi (155350)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Cnemidophorus sp. (93374)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Ameiva griswoldi (94615 215286)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jamaica Ameiva dorsalis (215359)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Ameiva sp. (194591 194593 194597)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Ameiva sp. (211631)