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Wonambi naracoortensis

Reptilia - Madtsoiidae

Taxonomy
Wonambi naracoortensis was named by Smith (1976). Its type specimen is SAM P16168, a set of vertebrae (a single trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Victoria Fossil Cave, Main Fossil Chamber, which is in a Pleistocene cave siltstone in Australia. It is the type species of Wonambi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Wonambi naracoortensis Smith pp. 41-44 fig. 2
1995Wonambi naracoortensis Scanlon p. 233
2005Wonambi naracoortensis Scanlon p. 142
2011Wonambi naracoortensis Mohabey et al. p. 592
2013Wonambi naracoortensis Vasile et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
familyMadtsoiidae()
genusWonambi
speciesnaracoortensis

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.

†Wonambi naracoortensis Smith 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Australia (South Australia) Wonambi naracoortensis (136228)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Wonambi naracoortensis (96021 136222)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Wonambi naracoortensis (28298 135983 136159)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Wonambi naracoortensis (type locality: 28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Wonambi naracoortensis (194845)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Wonambi naracoortensis (136075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Wonambi naracoortensis (136172)