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Hylaeochelys latiscutata

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pleurosternon latiscutatum was named by Owen (1853). Its type specimen is DORCM G.20, a shell (large carapace visible in external aspect), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Swanage/Purbeck (DORCM/BMNH) [C. Willcox Collection], which is in a Berriasian fluvial-lacustrine limestone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Hylaeochelys.

It was recombined as Pleurosternum latiscutatum by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Hylaeochelys latiscutatum by Lydekker (1889); it was recombined as Hylaeochelys latiscutata by Lydekker (1889), Delair (1958), Milner (2004); it was synonymized subjectively with Hylaeochelys belli by Pérez-García (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Pleurosternum latiscutatum Owen
1853Pleurosternon latiscutatum Owen p. 9 figs. plate 1
1884Pleurosternon koeneni Grabbe
1889Hylaeochelys latiscutata Lydekker pp. 186-187
1889Hylaeochelys latiscutatum Lydekker p. 513
1958Hylaeochelys latiscutata Delair p. 52
2004Hylaeochelys latiscutata Milner p. 1462 figs. Text-figures 1, 2, 5D, 7C, 8B–D, 12

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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)
—Thalassochelydia
genusHylaeochelys
specieslatiscutata()

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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Invalid names: Pleurosternon koeneni Grabbe 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Milner 2004As for the genus Hylaeochelys. This material may or may not be distinct from the Wealden H. belli that requires restudy. Growing to a carapace length of at least 0·44 m.