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Walangania

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Walangania was named by Whitworth (1958). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gelocidae by Carroll (1988); and to Pecora by Cote (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Walangania Whitworth
1988Walangania Carroll
2010Walangania Cote p. 738

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
genusWalanganiaWhitworth 1958

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. †Walangania Whitworth 1958
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†Walangania africanus Whitworth 1958
†Walangania gracilis Whitworth 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Uganda W. africanus (28293)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya W. africanus (27856 27858 87341)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) W. africanus (122454)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda W. africanus (28441)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) W. africanus (21340)