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Kichechia zamanae
Taxonomy
Kichechia zamanae was named by Savage (1965). Its type specimen is BMNH M. 19077a, b, a partial skull (Facial region of skull and anterior part of braincase with complete upper dentition on right side except P1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rusinga Island, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Kenya.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1965 | Kichechia zamanae Savage p. 296 figs. PI. 5, fig. 3; Text-figs. 56-60 |
2011 | Kichechia zamanae Morales and Pickford |
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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.
†Kichechia zamanae Savage 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Burdigalian | Uganda | Kichechia zamanae (28441) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya | Kichechia zamanae (type locality: 21725 21726 38060 87341 146599) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya (Northern Frontier District) | Kichechia zamanae (122454) |