Broadleysaurus major

Broadleysaurus major

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Scincoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamilia: Gerrhosaurinae
Genus: Broadleysaurus
Species: Broadleysaurus major
Subspecies (4): B. m. bottegoi – B. m. grandis – B. m. major – B. m. zechi

Name

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Syntypes (2): MNHN-RA-0.2809 and MNHN-RA-0.6539, collected by M. Louis Rousseau.

Type locality: “Ile Zanzibar (Côte de Zanguebar, Afr. occidentale)”.

Combinations

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  • Gerrhosaurus major Duméril, 1851: 139 [original combination]
  • Broadleysaurus major Bates & Tolley in Bates et al., 2013: 475 [subsequent combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Grofskubpantserakkedis
English: Broadley’s Rough-scaled Plated Lizard
magyar: Szudáni páncélosgyík
中文: 盾甲蜥
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