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Xenosaurinae
Taxonomy
Xenosaurinae was named by McDowell and Bogert (1954). It is extant. Its type is Xenosaurus.
It was assigned to Xenosauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954) and Kuhn (1966).
It was assigned to Xenosauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954) and Kuhn (1966).
Subtaxa
Xenosaurus (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1954 | Xenosaurinae McDowell and Bogert |
| 1966 | Xenosaurinae Kuhn p. 56 |
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Subfm. Xenosaurinae McDowell and Bogert 1954
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G. Xenosaurus Gray 1856 [American knob-scaled lizards]
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Xenosaurus agrenon King and Thompson 1968
Xenosaurus arboreus King and Thompson 1968 [King's knob-scaled lizard]
Xenosaurus grandis Gray 1856 [Knob-scaled lizard]
Xenosaurus newmanorum Taylor 1949 [Newman's knob-scaled lizard]
Xenosaurus platyceps King and Thompson 1968 [Flathead knob-scaled lizard]
Xenosaurus rackhami Stuart 1941 [Rackham's knob-scaled lizard]
Xenosaurus rectocollaris Smith and Iverson 1993 [Pallid knob-scaled lizard]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. B. McDowell and C. M. Bogert 1954 | Osteoderms isolated, nodular in form, microscopic in size; skull depressed; teeth blunt; supratemporal fenestra reduced in size, the squamosal in contact with the parietal posteriorly. |
Measurements
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| References: Pianka and Vitt 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available