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Kayentachelys aprix
Taxonomy
Kayentachelys aprix was named by Gaffney et al. (1987). Its type specimen is MNA V1558, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609), which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian floodplain claystone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Kayentachelys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Kayentachelys aprix Gaffney et al. p. 289 |
| 2007 | Kayentachelys aprix Sterli and Joyce |
| 2008 | Kayentachelys aprix Danilov and Parham |
| 2013 | Kayentachelys aprix Pérez-García and Murelaga |
| 2014 | Kayentachelys aprix Perea et al. |
| 2017 | Kayentachelys aprix Joyce |
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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.
†Kayentachelys aprix Gaffney et al. 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.30000 to 182.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | USA (Arizona) | Kayentachelys aprix (type locality: 27716) |