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Paleochelco occultato

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Paleochelco occultato was named by Martinelli et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MACN-Pv-N 120, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boca del Sapo, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, which is in a Santonian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Paleochelco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Paleochelco occultato Martinelli et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
genusPaleochelco
speciesoccultato

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.

†Paleochelco occultato Martinelli et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available