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Bothremys arabicus
Taxonomy
Karkaemys arabicus was named by Zalmout et al. (2005). Its type specimen is YUP-HUS 100, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skull lacking lower jaws, found in association with a plastron, caudal vertebrae, partial pelvis, and partial femur, tibia, and fibula), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Falqa, near El Huseiniya, which is in a Santonian coastal sandstone in the Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation of Jordan.
It was recombined as Bothremys arabicus by Gaffney et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Bothremys arabicus by Gaffney et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Karkaemys arabicus Zalmout et al. p. 83 |
| 2006 | Bothremys arabicus Gaffney et al. p. 84 |
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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.
†Bothremys arabicus Zalmout et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | A member of the genus Bothremys with the following unique feature: anterior end of vomer widely expanded where it contacts premaxilla and maxilla; other distinguishing features: jugal prevents maxilla-palatine contact posterior to triturating pit, in contrast to B. maghrebiana; midline concavity formed by premaxilla and vomer much wider than in B. cooki and B. maghrebiana; sulcus eustachii not constricted into deep channel by squamosal and quadrate, in contrast to B. kellyi. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 | |||||