Platysaurus Smith, 1844
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Smith, Andrew. 1844. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Together with a summary of African zoology, and an inquiry into the geographical ranges of species in that quarter of the globe. Smith, Elder and Co., London.: Part 21: ; plates: Mammalia 44, Aves 96-98, Reptilia 39-42, Pisces 21-23.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Squamata
- family
- Cordylidae
- genus
- Platysaurus
Name
- Synonyms
- Lucysaurea Hoser, 2013
- Homonyms
- Platysaurus Smith, 1844
- Platysaurus Agassiz, 1846
- Common names
- Flat lizards in Anglais
Bibliographic References
- CoL2006
- Ill. Zool. S. Afr. (Rept.), App. p
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- SN2000/Uetz, 1995-
- SN2000/Uetz, 1995-, PaleoDB
- Stanley, Edward L., Aaron M. Bauer, Todd R. Jackman, William R. Branch, and P. Le Fras N. Mouton, 2011: Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 58, no. 1. 53-70.
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