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Calumma benovskyi

Reptilia - Chamaeleonidae

Taxonomy
Calumma benovskyi was named by Čerňanský et al. (2020). Its type specimen is KNM-RU 18340, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rusinga Island R107, which is in a Burdigalian dry floodplain horizon in the Hiwegi Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Calumma benovskyi Čerňanský et al. p. 2 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—ChamaeleontiformesConrad 2008
—AcrodontaCope 1864
familyChamaeleonidaeGray 1825
genusCalummaGray 1865
speciesbenovskyi

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.

†Calumma benovskyi Čerňanský et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Calumma benovskyi (type locality: 113557)