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Oreochromimos kabchorensis
Taxonomy
Oreochromimos kabchorensis was named by Penk et al. (2019). Its type specimen is OCO-2c-1a, b, a partial skeleton (complete skeleton preserved in part and counterpart), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kabchore-2a and -2c, which is in a Miocene terrestrial marl in Kenya. It is the type species of Oreochromimos.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Oreochromimos kabchorensis Penk et al. p. 3 figs. Figs. 3-5 |
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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.
†Oreochromimos kabchorensis Penk et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
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 | Oreochromimos kabchorensis (type locality: 237492) |