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Khargachelys caironensis
Discussion
caironensis honors Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, and honors Cairo University
Taxonomy
Khargachelys caironensis was named by AbdelGawad et al. (2023). Its type specimen is NVP005, a shell (complete carapace and plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qarn Gennah, which is in a Campanian fluvial sandstone in the Quseir Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Khargachelys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Khargachelys caironensis AbdelGawad et al. |
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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.
†Khargachelys caironensis AbdelGawad et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. AbdelGawad et al. 2023 | As for genus |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian | Egypt (New Valley) | Khargachelys caironensis (type locality: 229326) |