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Ganawamaya

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Ganawamaya was named by Cooke (1992). Its type is Ganawamaya acris.

It was assigned to Balbarinae by Cooke (1992).

Species
G. acris (type species), G. aediculis, G. aediculus, G. ornata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Ganawamaya Cooke p. 202

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilyBalbarinae
genusGanawamaya

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.

G. †Ganawamaya Cooke 1992
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†Ganawamaya acris Cooke 1992
†Ganawamaya aediculis Cooke 1992
†Ganawamaya aediculus Cooke 1992
†Ganawamaya ornata Cooke 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Burdigalian or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Queensland) G. aediculus (135706)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Australia (Queensland) G. acris (106497) G. ornata (106498)