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Kilgai
Taxonomy
Kilgai was named by Malkani (2019). Its type is Kilgai moolakharzani.
It was assigned to Protosirenidae by Malkani (2019).
It was assigned to Protosirenidae by Malkani (2019).
Species
K. moolakharzani (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Kilgai Malkani p. 933 figs. Fig. 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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. S. Malkani 2019 | Kilgai moolakharzani shared with Protosirenidae as a large circular ornamented tooth with core and outer peripheral bones interlayered by a circular cavity. Further Kilgai have ornamented circular tooth which is differentiated from all Indo-Pakistan Sirenians. Kilgai has ornamented circular tooth closely matches with the Desmostylus which have pentagonal type tooth. Kilgai extends the dis- tribution of close relative of Desmostylus in Indo-Pakistan. It is characterized by star like network of bone in the core of circular tooth, followed by circular depression or cavity with star like outer and inner margin and then outer peri- pheral bone which is ornamented externally which is represented by dot like ornaments. Outer peripheral exposure of tooth has fine dot type ornamentations arranged in linear orientation trending up-down or dorsal to ventral. This typical tooth has three parts. First is the outer peripheral bone. Second part is the core network of bones shaping as star. The third part is the cavity inter layered by first and second parts of tooth. The tooth is typical and has relatively thin outer bone periphery and thick central network of bone, both interlayered by circular cavity. The diameter of tooth is 1.5 cm and also preserved length of tooth is 1.5 cm. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Domning 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | Pakistan (Balochistan) | K. moolakharzani (214011) |