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Taxonomy
Pakakali rukwaensis was named by Borths and Stevens (2017). Its type specimen is RRBP 09088, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nsungwe 2, which is in an Oligocene fluvial siliciclastic in the Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Pakakali.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Pakakali rukwaensis Borths and Stevens |
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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.
†Pakakali rukwaensis Borths and Stevens 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Tanzania (Mbeya) | Pakakali rukwaensis (type locality: 167432) |