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Kenyemys williamsi
Taxonomy
Kenyemys williamsi was named by Wood (1983). Its type specimen is KNM LT 127, a partial skeleton (shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lothagam 1, which is in a Messinian/Piacenzian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Lothagam 1 Formation of Kenya. It is the type species of Kenyemys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1983 | Kenyemys williamsi Wood |
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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.
†Kenyemys williamsi Wood 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Messinian - Piacenzian | Kenya (Turkana District) | Kenyemys williamsi (type locality: 21332) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | Kenyemys williamsi (22235) |