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Plesiochelys kwanganensis

Reptilia - Plesiochelyidae

Taxonomy
Plesiochelys kwanganensis was named by Yeh (1963). Its type specimen is IVPP V997,, a carapace (Almost complete shell with articulated carapace and plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hsi-ta-Chai, which is in a Jurassic marine horizon in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Plesiochelys kwanganensis Yeh
2013Plesiochelys kwanganensis Brinkman et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
—Thalassochelydia
familyPlesiochelyidaeRütimeyer 1873
genusPlesiochelys
specieskwanganensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China Plesiochelys kwanganensis (type locality: 195440)