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Cyclanorbis turkanensis
Taxonomy
Cyclanorbis turkanensis was named by Meylan et al. (1990). Its type specimen is KNM-KP-17196, a partial skeleton (carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kanapoi, Bed E, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Kanapoi Formation of Kenya.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Cyclanorbis turkanensis Meylan et al. p. 510 fig. 2 |
| 2017 | Cyclanorbis turkanensis Georgalis and Joyce |
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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.
†Cyclanorbis turkanensis Meylan et al. 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya (Turkana District) | Cyclanorbis turkanensis (type locality: 185321) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya | Cyclanorbis turkanensis (232486) |