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Ctenochelys acris
Taxonomy
Ctenochelys acris was named by Zangerl (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM P27354, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moore Brothers Farm, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in Alabama.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Ctenochelys acris Zangerl pp. 242-247 figs. Figs. 112-113 |
| 1981 | Ctenochelys acris Thurmond and Jones p. 133 |
| 2012 | Ctenochelys acris Karl and Nyhuis |
| 2017 | Ctenochelys acris Gentry |
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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.
†Ctenochelys acris Zangerl 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Ctenochelys acris (type locality: 81927) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Ctenochelys acris (181623 181624) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Ctenochelys acris (80890) |