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Nambaroo bullockensis

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Balbaridae

Taxonomy
Nambaroo bullockensis was named by Schwartz and Megirian (2004). Its type specimen is NTM P991-24, a mandible (right dentary with m1-m4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Blast Site, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Camfield Beds Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Nambaroo bullockensis Schwartz and Megirian p. 669

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
familyBalbaridaeCooke and Kear 1999
genusNambarooFlannery and Rich 1986
speciesbullockensis

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.

Nambaroo bullockensis Schwartz and Megirian 2004
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Northern Territory) Nambaroo bullockensis (13314 type locality: 92839 106503)