Information about Woolungasaurus
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W. glendowerensis W. sp. | ||||||||||||||
Woolungasaurus glendowerensis ('Glendower's Woolunga lizard', named after an Aboriginal mythical reptile, Persson 1960) was a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile, of the family Elasmosauridae. The type species is known from a partial skeleton (46 vertebrae, ribs, forearms, shoulder girdles and part of the rear limbs) unearthed from the Wallumbilla Formation (Albian, Lower Cretaceous) of the Richmond District, Queensland. Another find of undetermined species, consisting of 12 vertebrae, was unearthed from the Maree Formation (Cretaceous, of uncertain age)of Neale's River, near Lake Eyre, South Australia. In addition a skull from Yamborra Creek, near Maxwelltown, Queensland, described by Persson in 1982 has been referred to Woolungasaurus. Woolungasaurus appears to have been a typical elasmosaur, with 40 sharp teeth and an estimated length of about 9.5 metres. Persson (1982) believes it to be closely related to the North American elasmosaur Hydralmosaurus.
References
Long, J.A., Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand, UNSW Press 1998 The Cretaceous Period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic Period (i.e. from 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago (Ma)) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary Period (about 65.5 ± 0.3 Ma).
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conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. Many factors are taken into account when assessing the conservation status of a species: not simply the number remaining, but the
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
See below
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
See below
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916
Subclasses
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Goodrich, 1916
Subclasses
- Anapsida
- Diapsida
- Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
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Plesiosauria
de Blainville, 1835
Suborders
Plesiosauroidea
Pliosauroidea
Plesiosauria (IPA /ˈplisiəˌsɔɹ/) (Greek: plesios meaning 'near to' and
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de Blainville, 1835
Suborders
Plesiosauroidea
Pliosauroidea
Plesiosauria (IPA /ˈplisiəˌsɔɹ/) (Greek: plesios meaning 'near to' and
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Plesiosauroidea
Gray, 1825
Families
Cimoliasauridae
Cryptoclididae
Elasmosauridae
Plesiosauridae
Polycotylidae
Plesiosaurs (IPA /ˈplisɪəˌsɔɹ/
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Gray, 1825
Families
Cimoliasauridae
Cryptoclididae
Elasmosauridae
Plesiosauridae
Polycotylidae
Plesiosaurs (IPA /ˈplisɪəˌsɔɹ/
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Elasmosauridae was the taxonomic family of the most advanced plesiosaurs. They had the longest necks of the plesiosaurs and survived from the Early Jurassic to the end of the Cretaceous. They had a diet of fish and shelless cephalopods.
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Plesiosauroidea
Gray, 1825
Families
Cimoliasauridae
Cryptoclididae
Elasmosauridae
Plesiosauridae
Polycotylidae
Plesiosaurs (IPA /ˈplisɪəˌsɔɹ/
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Gray, 1825
Families
Cimoliasauridae
Cryptoclididae
Elasmosauridae
Plesiosauridae
Polycotylidae
Plesiosaurs (IPA /ˈplisɪəˌsɔɹ/
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Elasmosauridae was the taxonomic family of the most advanced plesiosaurs. They had the longest necks of the plesiosaurs and survived from the Early Jurassic to the end of the Cretaceous. They had a diet of fish and shelless cephalopods.
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A type species fixes the name of a genus (or of a taxon in a rank lower than genus).
Strictly speaking, a type species exists only in zoological nomenclature. As set in article 42.
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Strictly speaking, a type species exists only in zoological nomenclature. As set in article 42.
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Albian (French Albion, from Alba = Aube in France) Albian is a stage of the Cretaceous period.
Albian is a term proposed in 1842 by A. d'Orbigny for that stage of the Cretaceous system which comes above (later) the Aptian and below (before) the Cenomanian (Pal.
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Albian is a term proposed in 1842 by A. d'Orbigny for that stage of the Cretaceous system which comes above (later) the Aptian and below (before) the Cenomanian (Pal.
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The Early Cretaceous (timestratigraphic name) or the Lower Cretaceous (logstratigraphic name), is the earlier of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous Period. It began about 146 million years ago.
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The Cretaceous Period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic Period (i.e. from 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago (Ma)) to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary Period (about 65.5 ± 0.3 Ma).
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Elasmosauridae was the taxonomic family of the most advanced plesiosaurs. They had the longest necks of the plesiosaurs and survived from the Early Jurassic to the end of the Cretaceous. They had a diet of fish and shelless cephalopods.
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