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Tacuarembemys kusterae

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Tacuarembemys kusterae was named by Perea et al. (2014). Its type specimen is MGT-1185, a partial skeleton (an external partial mold of carapace that preserves the morphology of some scales: vertebrals 1–3 and the anterior part of vertebral 4; marginals 1–3; one pair ), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Lane to Rincon de Giloca, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial sandstone in the Tacuarembó Formation of Uruguay. It is the type species of Tacuarembemys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Tacuarembemys kusterae Perea et al. p. 1330

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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
genusTacuarembemys
specieskusterae

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.

†Tacuarembemys kusterae Perea et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
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