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Pacifichelys hutchisoni

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Euclastidae

Taxonomy
Euclastes hutchisoni was named by Lynch and Parham (2003). It is not extant. Its type specimen is LACM 103351, a skull (nearly complete skull and mandible). Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, which is in a Langhian terrestrial siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pacifichelys hutchisoni by Parham and Pyenson (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Euclastes hutchisoni Lynch and Parham p. 22 figs. 2-8
2010Pacifichelys hutchisoni Parham and Pyenson p. 235

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyEuclastidae
genusPacifichelys
specieshutchisoni()

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.

†Pacifichelys hutchisoni Lynch and Parham 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available