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Colossochelys

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Terrestria

Taxonomy
Colossochelys was named by Falconer and Cautley (1844).

It was assigned to Terrestria by Quenstedt (1882).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Colossochelys Falconer and Cautley
1882Colossochelys Quenstedt p. 148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
familyTerrestria
genusColossochelys

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.

G. †Colossochelys Falconer and Cautley 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available