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Kinkonychelys rogersi
Taxonomy
Kinkonychelys rogersi was named by Gaffney et al. (2009). Its type specimen is University of Antananarivo 9748, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MAD07-25, Lac Kinkony Study Area, which is in a Maastrichtian delta plain claystone/sandstone in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Kinkonychelys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2009 | Kinkonychelys rogersi Gaffney et al. p. 4 figs. 2-4, 8 |
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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.
†Kinkonychelys rogersi Gaffney et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | Kinkonychelys rogersi (type locality: 91203 91205 91206 91208) Testudines indet. (25074) |