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Wallia

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Molossidae

Taxonomy
Wallia was named by Storer (1984). It is not extant. Its type is Wallia scalopidens.

It was assigned to Chiroptera by Legendre (1985); to Proscalopidae by Storer (1984), Storer (1996); and to Molossidae by Czaplewski et al. (2008).

Species
W. scalopidens (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Wallia Storer
1985Wallia Legendre
1996Wallia Storer
2008Wallia Czaplewski et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyMolossidaeGervais 1856
genusWallia

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. †Wallia Storer 1984
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†Wallia scalopidens Storer 1984
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. J. Czaplewski et al. 2008Upper molars strongly dilambdodont; preprotocrista extends as a paracingulum to parastyle; M1 and M2 with indistinct para- and metaconule and with large, low, cuspate hypocone not fused to posterolingual wall of postprotocrista; M1 and M2 with lingual cingulum at anterior base of protocone; M3 lacks hypocone, postprotocrista, and postmetacrista.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Uintan to the top of the Chadronian or 46.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) W. scalopidens (16626)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) W. sp. (16845)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) W. sp. (16919 16979)