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Borealochelys axelheibergensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Borealochelys axelheibergensis was named by Brinkman and Tarduno (2005). Its type specimen is UR 00.100, a partial shell (anterior portion of carapace and associated hyoplastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Expedition Fiord, Axel Heiberg, which is in a Cenomanian estuary/bay siltstone/shale in the Kanguk Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Borealochelys.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2006-05-15; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Borealochelys axelheibergensis Brinkman and Tarduno pp. 2073-2074 figs. 1-4

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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
—Eucryptodira
genusBorealochelys
speciesaxelheibergensis

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.

†Borealochelys axelheibergensis Brinkman and Tarduno 2005
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Diagnosis
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