Dipsosaurus
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Dipsosaurus is a genus of herbivorous desert-dwelling lizards best known for the desert iguana, which inhabits arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dipsosaurus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12019272 — 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: Dipsosaurus Context triple: [Iguanidae, containsGenus, Dipsosaurus]
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A.
Bunocephalus
Bunocephalus is a genus of small, flat-bodied banjo catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South America.
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B.
Saurenchelys
Saurenchelys is a genus of deep-sea eels known for their elongated bodies and belonging to the family Nettastomatidae.
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C.
Champsosaurus
Champsosaurus was a long-snouted, semi-aquatic reptile from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene that resembled a modern gharial and belonged to the extinct group Choristodera.
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D.
Empetrichthys
Empetrichthys is a small genus of pupfish native to isolated freshwater habitats in the western United States, known for its rarity and conservation concern.
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E.
Psammobates
Psammobates is a genus of small, terrestrial tortoises native to arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa.
- 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: Dipsosaurus Target entity description: Dipsosaurus is a genus of herbivorous desert-dwelling lizards best known for the desert iguana, which inhabits arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
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A.
Bunocephalus
Bunocephalus is a genus of small, flat-bodied banjo catfishes native to freshwater habitats in South America.
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B.
Saurenchelys
Saurenchelys is a genus of deep-sea eels known for their elongated bodies and belonging to the family Nettastomatidae.
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C.
Champsosaurus
Champsosaurus was a long-snouted, semi-aquatic reptile from the Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene that resembled a modern gharial and belonged to the extinct group Choristodera.
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D.
Empetrichthys
Empetrichthys is a small genus of pupfish native to isolated freshwater habitats in the western United States, known for its rarity and conservation concern.
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E.
Psammobates
Psammobates is a genus of small, terrestrial tortoises native to arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.