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Mops turkwellensis
Taxonomy
Mops turkwellensis was named by Gunnell and Manthi (2018). Its type specimen is KNM-KP 69820, a tooth (left M2/), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kanapoi Bat Site, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Kanapoi Formation of Kenya.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Mops turkwellensis Gunnell and Manthi p. 6 fig. 6c |
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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.
†Mops turkwellensis Gunnell and Manthi 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Simmons et al. 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Kenya (Turkana District) | Mops turkwellensis (type locality: 198274) |