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Wakiewakie lawsoni

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae

Taxonomy
Wakiewakie lawsoni was named by Woodburne (1984). Its type specimen is SAM P17897, a mandible (left mandible lacking the ascending ramus and angle, with partial alveolus for I1, P3, M1-M3 present.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP Locality V-6213, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Wipajiri Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Wakiewakie.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Wakiewakie lawsoni Woodburne

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyPotoroidae()
genusWakiewakie
specieslawsoni

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.

Wakiewakie lawsoni Woodburne 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Australia (South Australia) Wakiewakie lawsoni (type locality: 135688)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Wakiewakie lawsoni (183096)