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Acherontemys

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Acherontemys was named by Hay (1899). Its type is Acherontemys heckmani.

It was assigned to Chelydridae by Hay (1899), Hay (1902), Hay (1908), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988); to Emydidae by Hutchison (1992); and to Panemydidae by Vlachos (2018).

Species
A. heckmani (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2019-08-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Acherontemys Hay
1902Acherontemys Hay p. 446
1908Acherontemys Hay p. 221
1930Acherontemys Hay p. 84
1988Acherontemys Carroll
1992Acherontemys Hutchison
2018Acherontemys Vlachos

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

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. †Acherontemys Hay 1899
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. P. Hay 1908A genus of Chelydridae. Carapace broad, considerably deprest. Neural, bones eight, about as broad as long, mostly hexagonal, with the broader end forward. A single broad suprapygal. Peripherals, 1 1 pairs, placed opposite the ends of their respective costals. Vertebral scutes very broad.