Wonambi barriei Scanlon and Lee 2000 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Madtsoiidae

Full reference: J. D. Scanlon and M. S. Y. Lee. 2000. The Pleistocene serpent Wonambi and the early evolution of snakes. Nature 403:416-420

Belongs to Wonambi according to J. D. Scanlon 2005

See also Scanlon and Lee 2000

Sister taxon: Wonambi naracoortensis

Type specimen: QMF 23038, a set of vertebrae (a single mid-trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Wayne's Wok Site, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian terrestrial limestone in Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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