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Muriwaimanu tuatahi

Reptilia - Theropoda

Taxonomy
Waimanu tuatahi was named by Slack et al. (2006) [name attributed to Ando, Jones and Fordyce]. Its type specimen is OU 12651, a partial skeleton (associated part skeleton with skull fragments, incomplete mandible, cervical vertebrae, ribs, synsacrum, furcula, coracoids, anterior right scapula, right humer), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waipara River M34/fl138, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine horizon in the Waipara Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Muriwaimanu tuatahi by Mayr et al. (2017), Mayr et al. (2020) and Robinson et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Waimanu tuatahi Ksepka and Bertelli p. 389
2006Waimanu tuatahi Slack et al. p. 1146
2009Waimanu tuatahi Mayr p. 71
2017Muriwaimanu tuatahi Mayr et al.
2020Muriwaimanu tuatahi Mayr et al. p. 3
2024Muriwaimanu tuatahi Robinson et al. p. 575

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
genusMuriwaimanu
speciestuatahi()

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.

†Muriwaimanu tuatahi Slack et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand Waimanu tuatahi (type locality: 85839 85840 85841)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand (South Island) Muriwaimanu tuatahi (175680)