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Uromastyx europaeus
Taxonomy
Uromastyx europaeus was named by Moody (1980). Its type specimen is MNHN No. QU 17160 (right dentary) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Palaeochamaeleo europaeus De Stefano |
| 1903 | Uromastyx europaeus De Stefano fig. 47 |
| 1980 | Uromastyx europaeus Moody fig. 47 |
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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.
†Uromastyx europaeus Moody 1980
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Invalid names: Palaeochamaeleo europaeus De Stefano 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: MP 22 or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) | Uromastyx europaeus (type locality: 179194) | |
| MP 22 | France (Quercy) | Uromastyx europaeus (179140 179142) | |
| MP 22 | France (Midi-Pyrenées) | Uromastyx europaeus (167513 167534 167537) |