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Kilgai moolakharzani
Taxonomy
Kilgai moolakharzani was named by Malkani (2019) [It is not clear that this specimen is even a fossil, much less a tooth of a sirenian. The author even compares it to Desmostylus, which is not a sirenian.]. Its type specimen is MSM-1065-K, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kil, which is in an Eocene marine shale in the Ghat Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Kilgai.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Kilgai moolakharzani Malkani p. 933 figs. Figure 4 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Kilgai moolakharzani Malkani 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Domning 1978 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Kilgai moolakharzani (type locality: 214011) |