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Ngawupodius minya

Reptilia - Megapodiidae

Taxonomy
Ngawupodius minya was named by Boles and Ivison (1999). Its type specimen is MV P160493, a set of limb elements (complete R tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is south end, Lake Pinpa, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Namba Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Ngawupodius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Ngawupodius minya Boles and Ivison p. 201–202
2020Ngawupodius minya Worthy and Nguyen p. 79

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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()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Avialae
Ornithothoraces
OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyMegapodiidae(Lesson 1831)
genusNgawupodius
speciesminya

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.

Ngawupodius minya Boles and Ivison 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. E. Boles and T. J. Ivison 1999As for the genus.
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:19
Source: o = order
References: Livezey 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Ngawupodius minya (type locality: 227321)