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Niolamia

Reptilia - Meiolaniidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Niolamia Ameghino p. 10
1937Crossochelys Simpson
1988Crossochelys Carroll
1988Niolamia Carroll
1996Niolamia Gaffney
2011Niolamia Sterli and de la Fuente
2012Niolamia Anquetin p. 34 fig. 10
2013Niolamia Pérez-García and Murelaga
2013Niolamia Sterli and de la Fuente
2014Niolamia de la Fuente et al.
2015Niolamia Sterli
2015Niolamia Sterli et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Perichelydia
Meiolaniformes
familyMeiolaniidaeLydekker 1887
genusNiolamia

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. †Niolamia Ameghino 1899
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Niolamia argentina Ameghino 1899
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Invalid names: Miolania argentina Woodward 1901 [synonym]
Invalid names: Crossochelys Simpson 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Sterli 2015Niolamia argentina can be diagnosed as a meiolaniid by the full list of characters provided for the clade, with the exception of the presence of a tail club
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-29 07:47:51
Modified: 2017-04-29 07:47:51
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Sterli 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Casamayoran or 48.60000 to 48.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran55.8 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Crossochelys corniger (39295)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Argentina (Chubut) N. argentina (185027)