Gekkonidae

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Sauria
Infraordo: Gekkota
Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamiliae: Aeluroscalabotinae - Diplodactylinae - Eublepharinae - Gekkoninae - Teratoscincinae
Genera incertae sedis: †Cretaceogekko - †Yantarogekko

[edit] Name

Gekkonidae Gray, 1825

[edit] References

• Arnold, E.N.; Poinar, G. 2008: A 100 million year old gecko with sophisticated adhesive toe pads, preserved in amber from Myanmar. Zootaxa, 1847: 62-68. Abstract & excerpt
• Bauer, A.M.; Böhme, W.; Weitschat, W. 2005: An Early Eocene gecko from Baltic amber and its implications for the evolution of gecko adhesion. Journal of zoology (London), 265: 327-332. doi: 10.1017/S0952836904006259

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