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Chelydropsis murchisoni

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

Taxonomy
Chelydra murchisoni was named by Bell (1836). Its type specimen is BMNH 37204, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Öhningen, which is in a MN 7 + 8 lacustrine limestone in the Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Chelydropsis murchisoni by Broin (1977), Mlynarski (1981), Mlynarski (1984), Hutchison (2008), Karl (2013), Joyce (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Chelydra murchisoni Bell p. 380
1868Chelydropsis carinata Peters
1889Chelydra murchisoni Lydekker pp. 135-136
1935Trionyx sansaniensis Bergounioux
1939Chelydra allingensis Fuchs
1977Chelydropsis murchisoni Broin
1977Chelydropsis sansaniensis Broin
1980Chelydropsis murchisoni staeschei Mlynarski
1980Chelydropsis staeschei Mlynarski
1981Chelydropsis murchisoni Mlynarski
1984Chelydropsis murchisoni Mlynarski
2000Chelydropsis sansaniensis de Lapparent de Broin
2008Chelydropsis carinata Hutchison
2008Chelydropsis murchisoni Hutchison
2008Chelydropsis sansaniensis Hutchison
2013Chelydropsis murchisoni Karl
2016Chelydropsis murchisoni 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
speciesmurchisoni()

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.

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Invalid names: Chelydra allingensis Fuchs 1939 [synonym], Chelydropsis carinata Peters 1868 [synonym], Chelydropsis murchisoni staeschei Mlynarski 1980 [synonym], Chelydropsis staeschei Mlynarski 1980 [synonym], Trionyx sansaniensis Bergounioux 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available