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Ctenochelys tennuitesta

Reptilia - Testudines - Ctenochelyidae

Taxonomy
Ctenochelys tennuitesta was named by Zangerl (1953). It is extant. Its type specimen is CNHM P27361, a partial skeleton.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. tenuitesta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Ctenochelys tennuitesta Zangerl pp. 230-237 figs. Figs. 100-106, 122
1981Ctenochelys tennuitesta Thurmond and Jones p. 131
2012Ctenochelys tennuitesta Karl and Nyhuis

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

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