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Rukwanyoka holmani

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Rukwanyoka holmani was named by McCartney et al. (2014). Its type specimen is RRBP 10041, a set of vertebrae (a single mid-trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nsungwe 2, which is in an Oligocene fluvial siliciclastic in the Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Rukwanyoka.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Rukwanyoka holmani McCartney et al. pp. 3-5 figs. 2, 4

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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
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyBoinaeGray 1825
genusRukwanyoka
speciesholmani

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.

Rukwanyoka holmani McCartney et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Created: 2005-09-23 12:54:43
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:54:43
Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Behler and King 1979, Head 2005, Greene 1997, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Tanzania (Mbeya) Rukwanyoka holmani (type locality: 167432)