Wonambi naracoortensis Smith 1976 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Madtsoiidae

Full reference: M. J. Smith. 1976. Small fossil vertebrates from Victoria Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia. IV. Reptiles. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 100(1):39-51

Belongs to Wonambi according to S. Vasile et al. 2013

See also Mohabey et al. 2011, Scanlon 1995, Scanlon 2005 and Smith 1976

Sister taxon: Wonambi barriei

Type specimen: SAM P16168, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Victoria Fossil Cave, Main Fossil Chamber, which is in a Pleistocene cave siltstone in Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (9 collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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