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Quinkana timara

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Quinkana timara was named by Megirian (1994). Its type specimen is NTM P895-19, a partial skull (Right premaxilla and maxilla, and left lacrimal, prefrontal and partial jugal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blast Site, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Camfield Beds Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Quinkana timara Megirian

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
—NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
—Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
—LongirostresCuvier
—Crocodyloidea(Deraniyagala 1939)
—Mekosuchinae()
tribeMekosuchini
genusQuinkana
speciestimara

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.

†Quinkana timara Megirian 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreuc
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:59
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Northern Territory) Quinkana timara (type locality: 92839 153738)