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Pankinosternoidea

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Pankinosternoidea was named by Joyce et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Chelydroidea by Joyce and Bourque (2016); and to Chelydroidea by Lyson et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Pankinosternoidea Joyce et al.
2016Pankinosternoidea Joyce and Bourque
2017Pankinosternoidea Lyson et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Chelydroidea()
PankinosternoideaJoyce et al. 2004
PankinosternoideaJoyce et al. 2004

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.

Unr. †Pankinosternoidea Joyce et al. 2004
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G. †Emarginachelys Whetstone 1978
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Emarginachelys cretacea Whetstone 1978
G. †Lutemys Lyson et al. 2017
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Lutemys warreni Lyson et al. 2017
G. †Planetochelys Weems 1988
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Planetochelys dithyros Hutchison 2013
Planetochelys savoiei Weems 1988
G. †Tullochelys Hutchison 2013
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Tullochelys montana Hutchison 2013
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. R. Lyson et al. 2017a reduced cruciform plastron, true costiform processes (sensu Joyce, 2007) that cross peripheral I and terminate in peripheral II or III on the visceral shell surface, absence of extragulars, absence of pectorals, absence of a midline contact between the abdominals, and less than four inframarginals,