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Kawasphenodon
Taxonomy
Kawasphenodon was named by Apesteguía (2005). Its type is Kawasphenodon expectatus.
It was assigned to Sphenodontidae by Apesteguía (2005); and to Opisthodontia by Apesteguia et al. (2012), Apesteguía et al. (2014), Herrera-Flores et al. (2018), Hsiou et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Sphenodontidae by Apesteguía (2005); and to Opisthodontia by Apesteguia et al. (2012), Apesteguía et al. (2014), Herrera-Flores et al. (2018), Hsiou et al. (2019).
Species
K. expectatus (type species), K. peligrensis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2005 | Kawasphenodon Apesteguía p. 664 |
2012 | Kawasphenodon Apesteguia et al. |
2014 | Kawasphenodon Apesteguía et al. |
2018 | Kawasphenodon Herrera-Flores et al. |
2019 | Kawasphenodon Hsiou et al. |
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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.
G. †Kawasphenodon Apesteguía 2005
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†Kawasphenodon expectatus Apesteguía 2005
†Kawasphenodon peligrensis Apesteguía et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Danian or 83.60000 to 61.66000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | K. expectatus (45087) | |
Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | K. peligrensis (95914) |