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Chelonipus

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Chelonipus was named by von Lilienstern (1939). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Chelonipus torquatus.

It was assigned to Testudines by Kuhn (1971), Haubold (1971), Demathieu and Haubold (1972) and Haubold (1974); and to Chelonia by Lovelace and Lovelace (2012).

Species
C. cuneiformis, C. plieningeri, C. torquatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Chelonipus von Lilienstern
1971Chelonipus Haubold p. 89
1971Chelonipus Kuhn p. 10
1972Chelonipus Demathieu and Haubold p. 804
1974Chelonipus Haubold p. 49
2012Chelonipus Lovelace and Lovelace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
genusChelonipusvon Lilienstern 1939

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.

G. †Chelonipus von Lilienstern 1939
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†Chelonipus cuneiformis von Lilienstern 1939
†Chelonipus plieningeri Haubold 1971
†Chelonipus torquatus von Lilienstern 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available