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Eochelone brabantica

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Eochelone brabantica was named by Dollo (1903). Its type specimen is IRSNB R1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Remy-Geest, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Eochelone brabantica Dollo
1909Eochelone brabantica Dollo p. 111
2018Eochelone brabantica de Lapparent de Broin et al.

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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
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
genusEocheloneDollo 1903
speciesbrabanticaDollo 1903

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 brabantica Dollo 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available