| Wannia Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | †Phytosauria |
| Genus: | †Wannia Stocker, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Paleorhinus scurriensis | |
Wannia is an extinct genus of basal phytosaur reptile known from the Late Triassic (late Carnian or early Norian stage) of Texas, southern United States. It contains a single species, Wannia scurriensis, which is known from a single specimen.[1] This species was originally named as a species referred to Paleorhinus and later was considered as a possible junior synonym of Paleorhinus bransoni.[2] However its re-description revealed five autapomorphies, and a phylogenetic position as the most basal known phytosaur, justifying the erection of a new generic name for the species.[1]
- ^ a b Stocker, M. R. (2013). "A new taxonomic arrangement for Paleorhinus scurriensis". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 103 (3–4): 251–263. doi:10.1017/S1755691013000340. S2CID 130567475.
- ^ Hunt, A. P.; Lucas, S. G. (1991). "The Paleorhinus biochron and the correlation of the non-marine Upper Triassic of Pangaea". Palaeontology. 34 (2): 487–501.