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Nanowana

Reptilia - Madtsoiidae

Taxonomy
Nanowana was named by Scanlon (1997). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Madtsoiidae by Scanlon (1997) and Rio and Mannion (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Nanowana Scanlon p. 393
2017Nanowana Rio and Mannion

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyMadtsoiidae()
genusNanowana

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. †Nanowana Scanlon 1997
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Nanowana godthelpi Scanlon 1997
Nanowana schrenki Scanlon 1997
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. D. Scanlon 1997"Small, upto 1.5m long; neural spine low to moderately high, not extending close to anterior edge of zygospherel zygosphere shallow, with anterodorsal edge straight, slightly convex or concave in dorsal view; subcentral ridges well-defined, straight or slightly concave or convex in ventral view; haemal keel relatively narrow, with 'paired hypapophyses' in posterior trunk defined laterally, but not projecting ventrally or separated by a median concavity; neural arch in posterior trunk depressed, its lateral portions strongly concave dorsad. Anterior tip of maxilla with medial expansion (septomaxillary process) contributing to floor of narial chamber; dorsal process with steep anterior edge; dentary with at least two mental foramina. (pgs. 393-394)"