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Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis
Taxonomy
Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis was named by Yeh (1963). Its type specimen is IVPP V 1006, a partial skeleton (carapace and plastron with right posterior part damaged), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis type locality, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in China.
It was recombined as Manouria chiayukuanensis by Crumly (1983).
It was recombined as Manouria chiayukuanensis by Crumly (1983).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis Yeh |
| 1983 | Manouria chiayukuanensis Crumly |
| 2008 | Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis Brinkman et al. p. 90 |
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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.
†Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis Yeh 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene | China (Gansu) | Kansuchelys chiayukuanensis (type locality: 179043) |