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Karakia longidens
Taxonomy
Karakia longidens was named by Thewissen et al. (2001). Its type specimen is H-GSP 97199, a mandible (mandibular fragment with posterior part of p3, complete p4, m2, and m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Karak, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Mami Khel Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Karakia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Karakia longidens Thewissen et al. p. 355 |
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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.
†Karakia longidens Thewissen et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Archibald 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Eocene | Pakistan (North-West Frontier) | Karakia longidens (type locality: 87964) |