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Oreochromimos
Taxonomy
Oreochromimos was named by Penk et al. (2019). Its type is Oreochromimos kabchorensis.
It was assigned to Oreochromini by Penk et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Oreochromini by Penk et al. (2019).
Species
O. kabchorensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Oreochromimos Penk et al. p. 3 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. B. R. Penk et al. 2019 | Lacrimal bone with lateral line branched into four tubules, overlapped by second infraorbital bone; one club-shaped supraneural bone; absence of notch on cleithrum (sensu Murray & Stewart)63; proximally slender urohyal, probably without anterodorsal projection; ascending process of premaxilla shorter than horizontal ramus; dorsal process of angulo-articular curved; minute belly scales (sensu Seegers & Tichy)29. This character combination is not known from any other fossil or extant cichlid genus. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Kenya | O. kabchorensis (237492) |