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Taxonomy
Rukwanyoka holmani was named by McCartney et al. (2014). Its type specimen is RRBP 10041, a set of vertebrae (a single mid-trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nsungwe 2, which is in an Oligocene fluvial siliciclastic in the Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Rukwanyoka.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Rukwanyoka holmani McCartney et al. pp. 3-5 figs. 2, 4 |
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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.
†Rukwanyoka holmani McCartney et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Head 2005, Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Greene 1997 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Tanzania (Mbeya) | Rukwanyoka holmani (type locality: 167432) |