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Menarana nosymena

Reptilia - Madtsoiidae

Taxonomy
Menarana nosymena was named by LaDuke et al. (2010). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 9684, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD93-14 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Menarana nosymena LaDuke et al. p. 119 figs. 5-9
2013Menarana nosymena Vasile et al.

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

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.

Menarana nosymena LaDuke et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) Menarana nosymena (39266 type locality: 96692 96693 96694)