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Megalibgwilia ramsayi
Taxonomy
Echidna ramsayi was named by Owen (1884). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Megalibgwilia.
It was synonymized subjectively with Echidna oweni by Lydekker (1894); it was synonymized subjectively with Echidna (Proechidna) oweni by Dun (1894); it was considered a nomen vanum by Murray (1978); it was recombined as Megalibgwilia ramsayi by Griffiths et al. (1991).
It was synonymized subjectively with Echidna oweni by Lydekker (1894); it was synonymized subjectively with Echidna (Proechidna) oweni by Dun (1894); it was considered a nomen vanum by Murray (1978); it was recombined as Megalibgwilia ramsayi by Griffiths et al. (1991).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1884 | Echidna ramsayi Owen p. 274 figs. Plate 14 |
| 1991 | Megalibgwilia ramsayi Griffiths et al. p. 90 |
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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.
†Megalibgwilia ramsayi Owen 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Luo et al. 2003 | |||||
Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Megalibgwilia ramsayi (136073 136076 181305) |