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Araiochelys hirayamai
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Araiochelys hirayamai Gaffney et al. p. 72 |
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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.
†Araiochelys hirayamai Gaffney et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | [as for genus Araiochelys] |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 | |||||