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Wannia scurriensis
Taxonomy
Paleorhinus scurriensis was named by Langston (1949). Its type specimen is TTUP 539, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 4 km NE Camp Springs, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial sandstone in the Camp Springs Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Wannia scurriensis by Stocker (2013).
It was recombined as Wannia scurriensis by Stocker (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1949 | Paleorhinus scurriensis Langston p. 325 figs. 1-3 |
| 2013 | Wannia scurriensis Stocker |
| 2013 | Paleorhinus scurriensis Stocker and Butler |
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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.
†Wannia scurriensis Langston 1949
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. Langston 1949 | Small paleorhinid phytosaur; nares anterior, quadrate foramen posterior in position, but visible in lateral aspect. Skul flattened dorso-ventrally. Internarial septum composed of premaxillaries and nasals; septomaxillaries not meeting in the median line. Palatine foramen very large; posttemporal fenestrae elongate. Persisten parietal foramen probably present in immature individuals. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||