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Chelonia parvitecta

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Chelone parvitecta was named by Cope (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Squankum marl pits, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian marine siltstone in the Kirkwood Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Puppigerus parvitectus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Chelonia parvitecta by Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Chelone parvitecta Cope p. 156
1902Puppigerus parvitectus Hay p. 443
1930Chelonia parvitecta Hay p. 82

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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
speciesparvitecta()

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 parvitecta Cope 1870
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Diagnosis
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