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Kenyasaurus mariakaniensis

Reptilia - Tangasauridae

Taxonomy
Kenyasaurus mariakaniensis was named by Harris and Carroll (1977). Its type specimen is KNM-MA1, a partial skeleton (head, neck, most of the forelimbs and perhaps the most distal portion of the tail are missing), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Mariakani, which is in an Induan/Olenekian coastal sandstone in the Maji-Ya-Chumvi Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Kenyasaurus mariakaniensis Harris and Carroll p. 141 figs. 1-4
1982Kenyasaurus mariakaniensis Currie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—Younginiformes(Romer 1933)
superfamilyYounginoideaCurrie 1982
familyTangasauridaeHaughton 1924
subfamilyKenyasaurinaeCurrie 1982
genusKenyasaurus
speciesmariakaniensis

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.

†Kenyasaurus mariakaniensis Harris and Carroll 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Olenekian or 252.17000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Kenya (Coast) Kenyasaurus mariakaniensis (type locality: 87220)