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Tasbacka danica

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Tasbacka danica was named by Karl and Madsen (2012). Its type specimen is MHM-K2, a skeleton (complete skeleton of a juvenile individual), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ejerslev Industrial Pit (Museum Mors collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore diatomite in the Fur Formation of Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Tasbacka danica Karl and Madsen p. 198

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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
genusTasbackaNesov 1986
speciesdanica

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.

†Tasbacka danica Karl and Madsen 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H.-V. Karl and H. Madsen 2012Supraoccipital shorter as in Tasbacka ouleabdounensis and the type species, temporal emarginations not deep as in Tasbacka ouleabdounensis, metacarpale 1 thick and swolen