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Australobaena chilensis
Taxonomy
Australobaena chilensis was named by Karl and Tichy (2002). Its type specimen is SFMF R 4151, a partial skull (Partially damaged skull without mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quiriquina, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile. It is the type species of Australobaena.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Australobaena chilensis Karl and Tichy p. 12 |
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†Australobaena chilensis Karl and Tichy 2002
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H.-V. Karl and G. Tichy 2002 | A progressive baenid turtle with very well developed secondary palatine completely built by premaxillaries, the secondary vomer, maxilles and palatines. Posterior parts of the palatines fused with pterygoid processes. Nasals present. Narial passage shorter than in Osteopygidae. Skull longer than wide. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Chile (Concepción) | Australobaena chilensis (type locality: 132360) |