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Taxonomy
Kenyasus namaquensis was named by Pickford and Senut (1997). Its type locality is Avontuur Mine, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Kenyasus namaquensis Pickford and Senut p. 201 |
| 2007 | Kenyasus namaquensis Pickford p. 85 |
| 2010 | Kenyasus namaquensis Bishop p. 836 |
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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.
†Kenyasus namaquensis Pickford and Senut 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | South Africa (Namaqualand) | Kenyasus namaquensis (type locality: 51190) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | Kenyasus namaquensis (74559) |