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Athecae (disused)

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Athecae was named by Cope (1871). It is extant.

It was corrected as Athecata by Lydekker (1889); it was reranked as the order Atheca by Perrier (1928); it was reranked as the order Athecae by Gadow (1898) and Roxo (1937).

It was assigned to Testudinata by Lydekker (1889); to Chelonia by Andrews (1906); to Testudines by Hay (1902) and Hay (1908); to Chelonia by Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928); to Testudinata by Cope (1871), Cope (1875) and Hay (1930); and to Testudinata by Roxo (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Athecae Cope
1875Athecae Cope p. 16
1889Athecata Lydekker p. 223
1898Athecae Gadow p. 21
1902Athecae Hay p. 435
1906Athecae Andrews p. 275
1908Athecae Hay p. 43
1928Atheca Perrier p. 3118
1930Athecae Hay p. 67
1937Athecae Roxo p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
suborderAthecaeCope 1871
suborderAthecaeCope 1871

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.

Subor. Athecae Cope 1871
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. P. Hay 1908Turtles which retain the primitive dermal armor, with at least traces of the suhdermai expansions connected with the ribs.
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