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Nanowana
Taxonomy
Nanowana was named by Scanlon (1997). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Madtsoiidae by Scanlon (1997) and Rio and Mannion (2017).
It was assigned to Madtsoiidae by Scanlon (1997) and Rio and Mannion (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Nanowana Scanlon p. 393 |
| 2017 | Nanowana Rio and Mannion |
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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.
G. †Nanowana Scanlon 1997
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†Nanowana godthelpi Scanlon 1997
†Nanowana schrenki Scanlon 1997
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. D. Scanlon 1997 | "Small, upto 1.5m long; neural spine low to moderately high, not extending close to anterior edge of zygospherel zygosphere shallow, with anterodorsal edge straight, slightly convex or concave in dorsal view; subcentral ridges well-defined, straight or slightly concave or convex in ventral view; haemal keel relatively narrow, with 'paired hypapophyses' in posterior trunk defined laterally, but not projecting ventrally or separated by a median concavity; neural arch in posterior trunk depressed, its lateral portions strongly concave dorsad. Anterior tip of maxilla with medial expansion (septomaxillary process) contributing to floor of narial chamber; dorsal process with steep anterior edge; dentary with at least two mental foramina. (pgs. 393-394)" |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.44000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | N. godthelpi, N. schrenki (106497 134947) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | N. godthelpi (135748) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | N. godthelpi, N. schrenki (134946) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | N. sp. (68775) |