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Mahengea mckayi
Taxonomy
Mahengea mckayi was named by Strümpher et al. (2023). Its type specimen is TMSA 811, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mahenga (SSPP collection), which is in a Lutetian crater lake siltstone in Tanzania. It is the type species of Mahengea.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2023 | Mahengea mckayi Strümpher et al. p. 3 figs. 2-4 |
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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.
†Mahengea mckayi Strümpher et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 |