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Kirgizemys dmitrievi

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Kirgizemys dmitrievi was named by Nessov and Khozatskii (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mogoito, Promoina Klevenskogo, which is in a Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Murtoi Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Kirgizemys dmitrievi Nessov and Khozatskii
1984Kirgizemys dmitrievi Nessov p. 216
2000Kirgizemys dmitrievi Sukhanov p. 324
2006Kirgizemys dmitrievi Danilov et al. pp. 46-60 figs. 2-5

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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
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
—PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
—Macrobaenidae(Sukhanov 1964)
genusKirgizemysNessov and Khozatsky 1973
speciesdmitrieviNessov and Khozatskii 1981

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.

†Kirgizemys dmitrievi Nessov and Khozatskii 1981
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
I. G. Danilov et al. 2006Triturating surfaces slightly wider posteriorly than anteriorly; sella turcica reduced in size; lower jaw robust; no fontanelles in the carapace and plastron of adults; anterior and bridge peripherals with a gutter; cervical scute divided into two or three parts (may be aberration); smooth shell surface.