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Malawania anachronus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Malawania anachronus was named by Fischer et al. (2013). Its type specimen is NHMUK PV R6682, a partial skeleton (Articulated partial skeleton comprising a fragmentary skull, cervical and thoracic vertebrae, ribs, partial shoulder girdle and a nearly complete left forefin), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Chia Gara, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian marine horizon in Iraq. It is the type species of Malawania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Malawania anachronus Fischer et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Thunnosauria
genusMalawania
speciesanachronus

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.

†Malawania anachronus Fischer et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 136.40000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Barremian136.4 - 125.0Iraq (Kurdistan) Malawania anachronus (type locality: 144710)