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Prionochelys nauta
Taxonomy
Prionochelys nauta was named by Zangerl (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM P26237, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Devil's Backbone, which is in a Campanian marine marl in the Marlbrook Marl Formation of Arkansas.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Prionochelys nauta Zangerl 1953
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. D. Gentry 2018 | Can be distinguished from P. matutina by the presence of a nearly triangular first peripheral in dorsal or ventral view, a pronounced cervical keel elevation on the
dorsal facet of the preneural, a preneural that is wider than long with distinct anterolateral `wings', the lack of a second epineural integrated into to the pectoral elevation of the neural series, peripherals with a deeply notched marginal edge such that the depth of the notch in peripherals 610 is equal to or greater than the width of the peripheral at the level of the scute sulcus, and costal plates wider than the adjacent fontanelles. |