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Pleurosternoidea

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Pleurosternoidea was named by Hay (1930).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Pleurosternoidea by Milner (2004) and Karl et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Amphichelydia by Kuhn (1966); and to Selmacryptodira by Milner (2004) and Karl et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pleurosternoidea Hay
1966Pleurosternoidea Kuhn p. 21
2004Pleurosternoidea Milner p. 1445
2012Pleurosternoidea Karl 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)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderAmphichelydia
superfamilyPleurosternoideaHay 1930
superfamilyPleurosternoideaHay 1930

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.

Superfm. †Pleurosternoidea Hay 1930
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Fm. †Kallokibotiidae Nopcsa 1923
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G. †Kallokibotion Nopcsa 1923
Invalid names: Apertotemporalidae [empty]
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available