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Odontochelys semitestacea

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Odontochelys semitestacea was named by Li et al. (2008). Its type specimen is IVPP V 15639, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Guanling, Lower Xiaowa Formation fossil lagerstätte, which is in a Tuvalian deep-water shale/marl in the Xiaowa Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Odontochelys semitestacea Li et al. p. 497 figs. 1-3
2014Odontochelys semitestacea Perea et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
genusOdontochelys
speciessemitestacea

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.

†Odontochelys semitestacea Li et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
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