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Nigeremys gigantea
Taxonomy
Potamochelys gigantea was named by Bergounoux and Crouzel (1968). Its type specimen is MNHN (P) NIR 1, a skull (nearly complete skull lacking lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Nigeremys.
It was recombined as Nigeremys gigantea by Gaffney et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Nigeremys gigantea by Gaffney et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Potamochelys gigantea Bergounoux and Crouzel |
| 2006 | Nigeremys gigantea Gaffney et al. p. 106 |
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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.
†Nigeremys gigantea Bergounoux and Crouzel 1968
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | As for genus [Nigeremys] |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Eocene or 72.10000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Niger | Nigeremys gigantea (type locality: 83315) | |
| Eocene | Mali | Nigeremys gigantea (130123) |