Gerrhosauridae
E1501494
UNEXPLORED
Gerrhosauridae is a family of armored, often elongated lizards native to Africa and Madagascar, commonly known as plated lizards.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gerrhosauridae canonical | 1 |
| Xenosauridae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21782153 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerrhosauridae Context triple: [Scincomorpha, includesTaxon, Gerrhosauridae]
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A.
Lognkosauria
Lognkosauria is a clade of giant South American titanosaurs known for their extremely robust builds and some of the longest necks among sauropod dinosaurs.
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B.
Protosuchia
Protosuchia is an extinct group of early, primarily terrestrial crocodyliform reptiles that lived during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic periods.
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C.
Phenacostethus
Phenacostethus is a genus of small, unusual freshwater fishes known for their distinctive reproductive anatomy and found primarily in Southeast Asia.
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D.
Thescelosauridae
Thescelosauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia.
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E.
Carcathiocerta
Carcathiocerta was an ancient city that served as the principal urban and administrative center of the historical region of Sophene in what is now eastern Turkey.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerrhosauridae Target entity description: Gerrhosauridae is a family of armored, often elongated lizards native to Africa and Madagascar, commonly known as plated lizards.
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A.
Lognkosauria
Lognkosauria is a clade of giant South American titanosaurs known for their extremely robust builds and some of the longest necks among sauropod dinosaurs.
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B.
Protosuchia
Protosuchia is an extinct group of early, primarily terrestrial crocodyliform reptiles that lived during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic periods.
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C.
Phenacostethus
Phenacostethus is a genus of small, unusual freshwater fishes known for their distinctive reproductive anatomy and found primarily in Southeast Asia.
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D.
Thescelosauridae
Thescelosauridae is a family of small to medium-sized, herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia.
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E.
Carcathiocerta
Carcathiocerta was an ancient city that served as the principal urban and administrative center of the historical region of Sophene in what is now eastern Turkey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gerrhosauridae