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Lophochelys niobrarae

Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae

Taxonomy
Lophochelys niobrarae was named by Zangerl (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM UR1, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is The Pyramids, 1 mile north, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian carbonate limestone in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Lophochelys niobrarae Zangerl p. 220 figs. FIg. 92

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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
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyToxochelyidaeBaur 1895
subfamilyLophochelyinae
genusLophochelys
speciesniobrarae

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.

†Lophochelys niobrarae Zangerl 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available