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Ngamaroo archeri

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Ngamaroo archeri was named by Kear and Pledge (2007). Its type specimen is SAM P23626, a mandible (right dentary with fragment of dP3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammalon Hill, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Etadunna Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Ngamaroo.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Ngamaroo archeri Kear and Pledge pp. 333-336 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusNgamaroo
speciesarcheri

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.

Ngamaroo archeri Kear and Pledge 2007
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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, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Ngamaroo archeri (type locality: 28306)