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Rewana fossil map

Where fossils of Rewana have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 252 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 252 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Rewana
Image: Stephen F. Poropat, Phil R. Bell, Lachlan J. Hart, Steven W. Salisbury, & Benjamin P. Kear, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly tetrapods & amphibians
Lived251.902–250.8 million years ago
PeriodsTriassic
FamilyDerwentiidae
Named byHowie 1972
Fossil records2 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB)
Found inAustralia
Rock formationsArcadia

About Rewana

Rewana is an extinct genus of prehistoric temnospondyls. Two species have been described from the Ladinian age 'The Crater' locality of the Arcadia Formation in Queensland, Australia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Rewana (revision 1379665631), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q7319019.

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