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Phosphatochelys tedfordi
Taxonomy
Phosphatochelys tedfordi was named by Gaffney and Tong (2003). Its type specimen is AMNH 30008, a skull (Complete skull without lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sidi Daoui, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial phosphorite in Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Phosphatochelys tedfordi Gaffney and Tong |
| 2006 | Phosphatochelys tedfordi Gaffney et al. pp. 102-103 |
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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.
†Phosphatochelys tedfordi Gaffney and Tong 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | As for genus [Phosphatochelys] |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||