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Australonyx
Taxonomy
Australonyx was named by De Iuliis et al. (2009). Its type is Australonyx aquae.
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by De Iuliis et al. (2009); and to Megalonychinae by Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by De Iuliis et al. (2009); and to Megalonychinae by Varela et al. (2019).
Species
A. aquae (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2009 | Australonyx De Iuliis et al. |
2019 | Australonyx Varela et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | |||||
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Astragalus, dorsoventral height of navicular process height | 1 | 42.0 | |||||
Calcaneum, proximal height between dorsal margin of posterior astragalar ectal f height | 1 | 72.0 | |||||
Cranium, height from inion to ventral margin of foramen magnum height | 1 | 88.0 | |||||
Cranium, maximal height from palate to nasal height | 1 | 60.0 | |||||
Femur, anteroposterior depth of head height | 1 | 82.0 | |||||
Tibia, anteroposterior proximal depth from posterior margin of lateral condyle a height | 1 | 130.0 |
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 |