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Malawania anachronus

Description

Malawania is an extinct genus of basal thunnosaur ichthyosaur known from the middle Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian or Barremian stage) of Iraq. Malawania was first named by Valentin Fischer, Robert M. Appleby, Darren Naish, Jeff Liston, Riding, J. B., Brindley, S. and Pascal Godefroit in 2013 and the type species is Malawania anachronus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8594192https://www.gbif.org/species/8594192
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)268077https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=268077
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Malawania : Malawania anachronus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Ichthyosauria : Malawania : Malawania anachronus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-IchthyosauromorphaMotani et al. 2015
-IchthyosauriformesMotani et al. 2015
-Ichthyopterygia
-EoichthyosauriaMotani 1999
-Ichthyosauria
-ParvipelviaMotani 1999
-NeoichthyosauriaSander 2000
-ThunnosauriaMotani 1999
genusMalawaniaFischer et al. 2013
speciesMalawania anachronusFischer et al. 2013
Generic NameMalawania
Scientific NameMalawania anachronus Fischer et al., 2013
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Malawania anachronusspeciesbelongs to Malawaniastated with evidenceFischer et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance136 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance136 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Ichthyosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ichthyosauria)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ichthyosauria)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Ichthyosauria)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite (based on Ichthyosauria)
Primary Reference (PBDB)V. Fischer, R. M. Appleby, and D. Naish, J. Liston, J. B. Riding, S. Brindley, P. Godefroit. 2013. A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs. Biology Letters 98(4):20130021
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawania_anachronus

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2013Malawania anachronus Fischer et al.

References

Fischer V., Appleby R. M., et al (2013) A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs, Biology Letters 98 4, 20130021 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0021
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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