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Chelonia oligocena

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Chelonia oligocena was named by Ciobanu (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cozla (Piatra Neamt), which is in a Rupelian marine shale in Romania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Chelonia oligocena Ciobanu p. 130 figs. Plate 48, Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilyCheloniinaeOppel 1811
genusCheloniaBrongniart 1800
speciesoligocena

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.

†Chelonia oligocena Ciobanu 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available