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Apodichelys lucianoi

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Apodichelys lucianoi was named by Price (1954). Its type specimen is DNPM 418-R, a shell (steinkern), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Mossoró-03, Potiguar basin, which is in a Turonian deep subtidal packstone/grainstone in the Jandaíra Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Apodichelys lucianoi Price
1981Apodichelys lucianoi Campos and de Broin
2006Apodichelys lucianoi Gaffney et al. p. 108
2007Apodichelys lucianoi Oliveira and Romano

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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
suborderPleurodira
Pelomedusoides(Broin 1988)
genusApodichelys
specieslucianoi

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.

Apodichelys lucianoi Price 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Apodichelys lucianoi (type locality: 98673)