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Ngamugawi wirngarri

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Ngamugawi wirngarri was named by Clement et al. (2024). Its type specimen is WAM 09.6.148, a skull (small but mostly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is between Stromatoporoid Camp and Longs Well, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Gogo Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Ngamugawi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Ngamugawi wirngarri Clement et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassActinistia(Cope 1870)
genusNgamugawi
specieswirngarri

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.

†Ngamugawi wirngarri Clement et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. M. Clement et al. 2024Ngamugawi wirngarri gen. et sp. nov. is distinguished from all other coelacanths by the following apomorphies: jugal canal with prominent branches; large sensory pore openings between supraorbitals and parietals; teeth on parasymphysial tooth plate, but not on the dentary; prearticular and/or coronoid teeth rounded; cleithra and extracleithra with broad triangular anteroventral overlap for clavicle bearing a large ventral foramen; and scales with long ornamental ridges extending beyond the posterior margin of the base (Figs. 1, 2, Supplementary Fig. 1).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-21 04:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Frasnian or 382.31000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) Ngamugawi wirngarri (type locality: 236753)