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Bothremys kellyi
Taxonomy
Bothremys kellyi was named by Gaffney et al. (2006). Its type specimen is AMNH 30553, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin (lowermost bed 1), which is in a Selandian marine phosphorite in Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Bothremys kellyi Gaffney et al. p. 83 |
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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.
†Bothremys kellyi Gaffney et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | A member of the genus Bothremys with the following unique features: dorsal process of premaxilla contacts prefrontals to separate apertura narium externa; sulcus eustachii constricted into narrow channel formed by squamosal and quadrate; anterior margin of otic chamber swollen into overhanging ridge; large ridge on dorsal surface of squamosal and opisthotic; basisphenoid as well as pterygoid and quadrate forming foramen posterius canalis carotici interni. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 | |||||