Kallokibotion
Kallokibotion is an extinct genus of stem-turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian, 86–66 million years ago), known from fossils found in Romania. One species is known, Kallokibotion bajazidi, which was named by Franz Nopcsa after his lover Bajazid Doda. It literally means '"beautiful box of Bajazid"'; Nopcsa chose the name because, in the words of British palaeontologist Gareth Dyke, "the shape of the shell reminded him of Bajazid's arse". A second undescribed species is known from the Santonian of Hungary. A fossil of this turtle was mistakenly described as a pterosaur of the genus "Thalassodromeus" in 2014. It was originally identified as a Meiolaniid. However, phylogenetic analysis based on characters described from new specimens places "Kallokibotion" as the sister taxon of the crown testudines.
Q34740
genus
Concept
Q338199
Upper Cretaceous
TIME
Q278141
Maastrichtian
TIME
Q218
Romania
LOC
Q527997
Franz Nopcsa
PER
Q12273030
Bajazid Doda
PER
Q257290
Santonian
LOC
Q28
Hungary
LOC
Q179204
pterosaur
Concept
Q132575
Thalassodromeus
Concept
Q535869
Meiolaniid
Concept
Q16568526
Kallokibotion
Concept
Q16568526
Kallokibotion
Concept
Q16568526
Kallokibotion
Concept
2014-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2014
DATE
+86^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
86
NUMBER
+66^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
66
NUMBER
taxon rank
parent taxon
part of
unmarried partner
unmarried partner