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Watongia meieri

Varanopidae

Taxonomy
Watongia meieri was named by Olson (1974). Its type specimen is UCMP 143278 (formerly UCLA VP 3132), a partial skeleton (partial skull, anterior dorsal vertebrae, partial pectoral girdle, ribs, gastralia, and limb elelments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BC-7 (Chickasha Formation), which is in a Roadian/Wordian deltaic sandstone/shale in the Chickasha Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Watongia meieri Olson p. 29 figs. 1-3, Pl. I, II
1989Watongia meieri Sigogneau-Russell
2004Watongia meieri Reisz and Laurin p. 378 figs. 1-6

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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
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyVaranopidae()
—Neovaranopsia
subfamilyVaranodontinae
genusWatongia
speciesmeieri

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.

†Watongia meieri Olson 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28USA (Oklahoma) Watongia meieri (type locality: 27475)