Dolichosaurus

Extinct genus of lizards

Dolichosaurus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: †Dolichosauridae
Genus: †Dolichosaurus
Owen, 1850
Species
  • D. longicollis Owen, 1850 (type)

Dolichosaurus (meaning "long lizard") is an extinct genus of marine squamate of the Upper Cretaceous Cenomanian chalk deposits of England. It is a member of the family Dolichosauridae.[1] It was a small reptile measuring 0.5–1 m (1.6–3.3 ft) long.[2] It had an elongate neck resulting from an increased number of cervical vertebrae.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Michael W. Caldwell. On the aquatic squamate Dolichosaurus longicollis Owen, 1850 (Cenomanian, Upper Cretaceous), and the evolution of elongate necks in squamates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(4):720-735. 2000. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0720:OTASDL]2.0.CO;2
  2. ^ Bardet, Nathalie (2008). "The Cenomanian-Turonian (late Cretaceous) radiation of marine squamates (Reptilia): the role of the Mediterranean Tethys". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 179 (6): 605–623. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.179.6.605.
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Varanoidea
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Reptilia
  • Order: Squamata
Extant species
Helodermatidae
  • Chiapan beaded lizard (H. alvarezi)
  • Guatemalan beaded lizard (H. charlesbogerti)
  • Rio Fuerte beaded lizard (H. exasperatum)
  • Mexican beaded lizard (H. horridum)
  • Gila monster (H. suspectum)
Lanthanotus
  • Earless monitor lizard (L. borneensis)
Varanus
  • Asian water monitor (V. salvator)
  • Black tree monitor (V. beccarii)
  • Black-headed monitor (V. tristis)
  • Bengal monitor (V. bengalensis)
  • Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor (V. baritji)
  • Blue-tailed monitor (V. doreanus)
  • Crocodile monitor (V. salvadorii)
  • Desert monitor (V. griseus)
  • Dumeril's monitor (V. dumerilii)
  • Emerald tree monitor (V. prasinus)
  • Gray's monitor (V. olivaceus)
  • Kimberely rock monitor (V. glauerti)
  • Komodo dragon (V. komodoensis)
  • Lace monitor (V. varius)
  • Mangrove monitor (V. indicus)
  • Merten's water monitor (V. mertensi)
  • Mitchell's water monitor (V. mitchelli)
  • Nile monitor (V. niloticus)
  • Northern Sierra Madre forest monitor (V. bitatawa)
  • Peacock monitor (V. auffenbergi)
  • Peach-throated monitor (V. jobiensis)
  • Perentie (V. giganteus)
  • Pygmy mulga monitor (V. gilleni)
  • Quince monitor (V. melinus)
  • Rock monitor (V. albigularis)
  • Pilbara monitor (V. bushi)
  • Rennel Island monitor (V. juxtindicus)
  • Rosenberg's monitor (V. rosenbergi)
  • Roughneck monitor (V. rudicollis)
  • Short-tailed pygmy monitor (V. brevicauda)
  • Spiny-tailed monitor (V. acanthurus)
  • Turquoise monitor (V. caerulivirens)
  • Sand goanna (V. gouldii)
  • Savannah monitor (V. exanthematicus)
  • Yellow monitor (V. flavescens)
  • Yellow-spotted monitor (V. panoptes)
  • Yemen monitor (V. yemenensis)
Related categories
  • Monitor lizards
  • Cretaceous lizards
  • Helodermatidae
Fossil taxa
†Palaeovaranidae
Varanidae
Others
Taxon identifiers
Dolichosaurus


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