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Chelydropsis decheni

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

Taxonomy
Chelydra decheni was named by Meyer (1852). Its type specimen is IPB Ro4016, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rott, which is in a MP 30 lacustrine - small shale in Germany.

It was recombined as Chelydropsis decheni by Joyce (2016); it was recombined as Chelydrasia decheni by Hutchison (2008), Karl (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Chelydra decheni Meyer p. 242
1889Chelydra decheni Lydekker pp. 136-137
1977Chelydropsis sanctihenrici Broin
2008Chelydrasia decheni Hutchison
2016Chelydropsis decheni Joyce
2018Chelydrasia decheni Karl

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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
speciesdecheni(Meyer 1852)

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 decheni Meyer 1852
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Invalid names: Chelydropsis sanctihenrici Broin 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available