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Wonambi barriei
Taxonomy
Wonambi barriei was named by Scanlon and Lee (2000). Its type specimen is QMF 23038, a set of vertebrae (a single mid-trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wayne's Wok Site, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian terrestrial limestone in Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Wonambi barriei Scanlon and Lee p. 417 fig. 2e |
| 2005 | Wonambi barriei Scanlon p. 142 |
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†Wonambi barriei Scanlon and Lee 2000
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. D. Scanlon and M. S. Y. Lee 2000 | "Trunk vertebrae less than 15 mm wide in adults (total length estimated to be less than 3 m); relatively large neural canal and shallow zygosphene; zygapophyses approximately 20 degrees above horizontal. Single large parazygantral foramen on each side of neural arch. Palatine relatively narrow (mediolateral dimension of choanal process subequal to that of tooth-bearing portion). (pg. 417)" |