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Liyamayi dayi

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia

Taxonomy
Liyamayi dayi was named by Travouillon et al. (2014). Its type specimen is QM F56246, a tooth (right M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rick's Sausage Site (Riversleigh World Heritage Area), which is in a Miocene fluvial horizon in Australia. It is the type species of Liyamayi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Liyamayi dayi Travouillon et al. p. 378 figs. 3A, B

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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
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderPeramelemorphiaAmeghino 1889
suborderPerameloidea
subfamilyThylacomyidae(Bensley 1903)
genusLiyamayi
speciesdayi

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.

Liyamayi dayi Travouillon et al. 2014
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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: insectivoresubf
Diet 2: carnivoresubf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, 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
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Liyamayi dayi (182167)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Queensland) Liyamayi dayi (type locality: 201946)