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Chelonia harvicensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Chelonia harvicensis was named by Woodward (1830). Its type specimen is NM 190-27-1217, a partial shell (a large nodule split to reveal an imperfect carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Stone Ridge, near the Harwich harbour, which is in a Ypresian marine siliciclastic in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Neurochelys harvicensis by Moody (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Chelonia harvicensis Woodward p. 44
1980Neurochelys harvicensis Moody p. 164

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilyCheloniinaeOppel 1811
genusCheloniaBrongniart 1800
speciesharvicensis

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.

†Chelonia harvicensis Woodward 1830
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available