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Wonambi
Taxonomy
Wonambi was named by Smith (1976). It is not extant. Its type is Wonambi naracoortensis.
It was assigned to Madtsoiinae by Smith (1976); to Boidae by Carroll (1988); to Macrostomata by Rieppel et al. (2003); and to Madtsoiidae by Scanlon (1995), Scanlon and Lee (2000), Scanlon (2005), Scanlon (2006), Wilson et al. (2010), Mohabey et al. (2011), Longrich et al. (2012) and Rio and Mannion (2017).
It was assigned to Madtsoiinae by Smith (1976); to Boidae by Carroll (1988); to Macrostomata by Rieppel et al. (2003); and to Madtsoiidae by Scanlon (1995), Scanlon and Lee (2000), Scanlon (2005), Scanlon (2006), Wilson et al. (2010), Mohabey et al. (2011), Longrich et al. (2012) and Rio and Mannion (2017).
Species
W. barriei, W. naracoortensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Wonambi Smith |
| 1988 | Wonambi Carroll |
| 1995 | Wonambi Scanlon p. 233 |
| 2000 | Wonambi Scanlon and Lee p. 417 |
| 2003 | Wonambi Rieppel et al. |
| 2005 | Wonambi Scanlon p. 142 |
| 2006 | Wonambi Scanlon p. 841 fig. 2 |
| 2010 | Wonambi Wilson et al. p. 5 |
| 2011 | Wonambi Mohabey et al. p. 592 |
| 2012 | Wonambi Longrich et al. |
| 2017 | Wonambi Rio and Mannion |
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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.
G. †Wonambi Smith 1976
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†Wonambi barriei Scanlon and Lee 2000
†Wonambi naracoortensis Smith 1976
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. D. Scanlon 2005 | see Scanlon & Lee (2000) |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | W. barriei (106498) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | W. barriei (134946) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | W. naracoortensis (136228) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | W. naracoortensis (28298 135983 136159) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | W. naracoortensis (96021 136222) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | W. naracoortensis (28364) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | W. naracoortensis (136075) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | W. naracoortensis (194845) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | W. naracoortensis (136172) |