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Chelydropsis kusnetzovi

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

Taxonomy
Chelydropsis kusnetzovi was named by Chkhikvadze (1985). Its type specimen is IPGAS 6-1-3 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Detskaya Zheleznaya Doroga, Pavlodar, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Koryakovskaya Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Chelydrasia kusnetzovi by Hutchison (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Chelydropsis kusnetzovi Chkhikvadze
2008Chelydrasia kusnetzovi Hutchison
2016Chelydropsis kusnetzovi Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyChelydridae
genusChelydropsis
specieskusnetzoviChkhikvadze 1985

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.

†Chelydropsis kusnetzovi Chkhikvadze 1985
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Diagnosis
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