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Eochelone monstigris
Taxonomy
Eochelone monstigris was named by Grant-Mackie et al. (2011). Its type specimen is V351A-V351AB, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Q07/f145, Whangarei Eochelone monstigris type locality, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Ruatangata Sandstone Formation of New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Eochelone monstigris Grant-Mackie et al. p. 184 figs. 2-5 |
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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.
†Eochelone monstigris Grant-Mackie et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. A. Grant-Mackie et al. 2011 | Eochelone of moderately large size with: distal half of
humerus curved ventrally and forming distinct shelf along whole length of distal articulating surfaces; nuchal plate of low inflation and carapace distinctly hollowed at junction of nuchal with marginals; terminal phalanx of digit I much more robust; and anteriorly curving anterolateral extensions of first thoracic vertebra present. |