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Numbigilga ernielundeliusi

Mammalia - Numbigilgidae

Taxonomy
Numbigilga ernielundeliusi was named by Beck et al. (2008). Its type specimen is QM F24357, a mandible (partial right mandible preserving p2-m4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bluff Downs station, Main Quarry, which is in a Zanclean fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Allingham Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Numbigilga.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Numbigilga ernielundeliusi Beck et al. p. 750

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
familyNumbigilgidae
genusNumbigilga
speciesernielundeliusi

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.

Numbigilga ernielundeliusi Beck et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Numbigilga ernielundeliusi (type locality: 51266)