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Hydraspis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Chelidae

Taxonomy
Hydraspis was named by Bell (1828). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chelyidae by Lydekker (1889); and to Chelydidae by Rusconi (1934).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2005-09-17; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Hydraspis Bell
1889Hydraspis Lydekker p. 169
1934Hydraspis Rusconi p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
—Pantestudines
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
familyChelidaeGray 1825
genusHydraspisBell 1828

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. Hydraspis Bell 1828
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available