Matobosaurus maltzahni

Taxonavigation edit

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: Matobosaurus
Species: Matobosaurus maltzahni

Name edit

  • Matobosaurus maltzahni (De Grys, 1938)

Holotype: ZMUH. [destroyed? fide Griffin (2003: 75)]

Type locality: “Farm Roidina, D.S.W.-Afrika [=Namibia]”.

Combinations edit

  • Gerrhosaurus maltzahni De Grys 1938: 58 [original combination]
  • Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahniLoveridge, 1942: 495 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
  • Broadleysaurus maltzahni Bates & Tolley in Bates et al., 2013: 476 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

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Vernacular names edit

English: Western Giant Plated Lizard