Lapitiguana

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Lapitiguana
Temporal range: Holocene
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Natunaornis and Lapitiguana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Iguanidae
Genus:† Lapitiguana
Species:
†L. impensa
Binomial name
†Lapitiguana impensa
Pregill & Worthy, 2003

Lapitiguana impensa is an extinct giant (1.5 m long) iguanid from Fiji. [1] It probably became extinct following the human colonization of Fiji 3000 years ago. [1]

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All extant Fijian iguanas are in the genus Brachylophus , together with an extinct species from Tonga. The closest living relatives of the Polynesian iguanas are found in the Americas. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pregill, G. K.; Worthy, T. H. (March 2003). "A New Iguanid Lizard (Squamata, Iguanidae) from the Late Quaternary of Fiji, Southwest Pacific". Herpetologica. 59 (1). The Herpetologists' League: 57–67. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0057:ANILSI]2.0.CO;2.
  2. ↑ Keogh, J. Scott; Edwards, Danielle L.; Fisher, Robert N.; Harlow, Peter S. (2008-10-27). "Molecular and morphological analysis of the critically endangered Fijian iguanas reveals cryptic diversity and a complex biogeographic history". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B . 363 (1508). Royal Society: 3413–3426. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0120. PMC   2607380 . PMID   18782726.
  3. ↑ Noonan, B.P.; Sites, J.W. Jr. (2009-11-24). "Tracing the origins of iguanid lizards and boine snakes of the Pacific". The American Naturalist . 175 (1). University of Chicago Press: 61–72. doi:10.1086/648607. PMID   19929634. S2CID   5882832.


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