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Eolacerta

Reptilia - Eolacertidae

Taxonomy
Eolacerta was named by Nöth (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Eolacerta robusta. It is the type genus of Eolacertidae.

It was assigned to Lacertidae by Estes (1983) and Carroll (1988); to Squamata by Bolet and Evans (2010); and to Eolacertidae by Čerňanský and Smith (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Eolacerta Nöth
1944Iguanosaurus Kuhn
1958Iguanosauriscus Kuhn
1964Iguanosauriscus Kuhn p. 324
1983Eolacerta Estes
1988Eolacerta Carroll
2010Eolacerta Bolet and Evans
2017Eolacerta Čerňanský and Smith

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
Lacertiformes
familyEolacertidae
genusEolacertaNöth 1940

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.

G. †Eolacerta Nöth 1940
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Eolacerta robusta Nöth 1940
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Invalid names: Iguanosauriscus haupti Kuhn 1958 [synonym]
Invalid names: Iguanosauriscus Kuhn 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Čerňanský and K. T. Smith 2017Shares with Lacertidae the following plesiomorphies: (1) osteoderms absent from body, (2) parietal foramen present, (3) sulcus dentalis present.
Shares with Lacertidae the following derived features: (1) two co-dominant supraoculars; (2) osteodermal shields fused to the dermal roofing skull bones; (3) occipital shield clearly defined; (4) osteoderms present along periphery of the skull table; (5) nasals ventral contact beneath premaxillary internasal process is absent, except near apex; (6) the maxilla-frontal con- tact present, the maxilla leaving a discrete facet on the frontal; (7) ectopterygoid posterior process prominent; (8) presence of incipient zygosphene-zygantrum; (9) a posterior interruption of the ventromedial loop of the clavicle (assuming Gallotiinae is basal in Lacertidae); (10) preacetabular spine on ilium present.
Possesses the following plesiomorphies with respect to Lacertidae: (1) interparietal shield of the parietal overlaps the posteromedial region of the frontal; (2) parietal foramen located more anteriorly, in the anterior quarter of the parietal; (3) parietal cranial crests (cristae cranii parietalis) run parallel rather than converging to form a median ridge with sulcus; (4) supratem- poral fenestra only partially closed; (5) ornamentation of cranial osteoderms dominated by small grooves (not pits); (6) ventral margin of dentary nearly straight rather than convex; (7) anter- olateral process of coronoid does not overlap dentary; (8) ilium is broad, relatively posterodorsally short.
Synapomorphies: (1) osteoderm attached to angle of jugal; (2) frontals (partially) fused; (3) origin of adductor musculature dorsal on supratemporal process; (4) partial overlap of parietal by postfrontal; (5) Meckelian groove restricted; (6) angular reaches level of mandibular condyle.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) E. sp. (87925)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) E. sp. (182641)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) E. sp. (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) E. sp. (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) E. sp. (35533 35535 35539)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) E. robusta (68440)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) E. sp. (84997)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) E. robusta (45001 45751 45768 45770) E. robusta, Iguanosauriscus haupti (13322 45002) Iguanosauriscus haupti (45765 45766)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) E. robusta (45003)