Watongia
| Watongia Temporal range: Middle Permian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Varanopidae |
| Subfamily: | †Varanopinae |
| Genus: | †Watongia Olson, 1974 |
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| †Watongia meieri Olson, 1974
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Watongia is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from Middle Permian of Oklahoma. Only one species has been described, Watongia meieri, from the Chickasha Formation.[1] It was assigned to family Gorgonopsidae by Olson[1] and to Eotitanosuchia by Carroll.[2] Reisz and collaborators assigned the genus in Varanopidae.[3][4]
Based on scaling with other synapsids, length of Watongia was about 2 to 2.5 metres (6 ft 7 in to 8 ft 2 in), making it the largest of the family Varanopidae.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Olson, E.C. 1974. On the Source of Therapsids. Annals of the South African Museum 64: 27-46.
- ^ Carroll, R. L. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H Freeman Company, 1988.
- ^ Reisz, R. R. & Laurin, M. 2004. A reevaluation of the enigmatic Permian synapsid Watongia and of its stratigraphic significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 41, 377–386.
- ^ Maddin, H.C., Evans, D.C. & Reisz, R.R. 2006. An Early Permian varanodontine varanopid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Richards Spur locality, Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (4): 957-966.
- ^ http://manasataramgini.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/watongia/
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