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Taxonomy
Waincophis australis was named by Albino (1987). Its type specimen is MACN-CH 1008. Its type locality is Cañadon Hondo, Bird Clay locality, which is in a Casamayoran lacustrine claystone/tuff in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Waincophis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Waincophis australis Albino p. 62 |
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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.
†Waincophis australis Albino 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Greene 1997, Carroll 1988, Head 2005, Kiessling 2004, Behler and King 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Colloncuran or 56.00000 to 13.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Casamayoran | Argentina (Chubut) | Waincophis australis (type locality: 39295) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Neuquen) | Boidae indet. (28611) |