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Globochelus lennieri

Reptilia - Plesiochelyidae

Discussion

tymologie de lespce. En mmoire de Lennier pour son oeuvrestratigraphique et palontologique sur le Cap de la Hve, et qui futle premier mentionner des restes de tortue de ce niveau.

Taxonomy
Globochelus lennieri was named by de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MHNH 2016.38.5060 = MNHN 8917, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sainte-Adresse, Cap de La Hève, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in the Marnes à Deltoideum delta Formation of France. It is the type species of Globochelus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Globochelus lennieri de Lapparent de Broin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
—Thalassochelydia
familyPlesiochelyidaeRütimeyer 1873
genusGlobochelus
specieslennieri

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.

†Globochelus lennieri de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
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