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Araiochelys hirayamai

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Araiochelys hirayamai was named by Gaffney et al. (2006). Its type specimen is THUg 3338, a partial skeleton (skull, lower jaws, partial disarticulated shell, nearly complete plastron, and limb bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, which is in a Danian marine phosphorite in the Couche 2 Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Araiochelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Araiochelys hirayamai Gaffney et al. p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
tribeBothremydini
subtribeBothremydina
genusAraiochelys
specieshirayamai

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.

Araiochelys hirayamai Gaffney et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006[as for genus Araiochelys]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Morocco Araiochelys hirayamai (type locality: 83311)