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Eomurruna
Discussion
The generic name is a combination of the Ancient Greek , eos, dawn, and murruna, the name of the extant shingleback skink in the Bidyara language of Queensland. The shingleback skink is a stocky lizard that resembles a procolophonid both in its dentition and its overall appearance. LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4FA81673-0CE1-4BA3-8329-B30EF45CC548.
Taxonomy
Eomurruna was named by Hamley et al. (2021). Its type is Eomurruna yurrgensis.
It was assigned to Procolophonidae by Hamley et al. (2020), Poropat et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Procolophonidae by Hamley et al. (2020), Poropat et al. (2023).
Species
E. yurrgensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2020 | Eomurruna Hamley et al. |
| 2021 | Eomurruna Hamley et al. p. 7 |
| 2023 | Eomurruna Poropat et al. p. 146 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||