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Chelonia hoffmanni

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Chelonia hoffmanni was named by Gray (1831). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (Nekum), which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal chalk in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.

It was recombined as Allopleuron hoffmanni by Dollo (1909); it was recombined as Allopleuron hofmanni by Karl (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Chelonia hoffmanni Gray p. 54
1851Chelone camperi Owen pp. 9-10 figs. plate 5
1869Chelone camperi Seeley p. 3
1889Chelonia hoffmanni Lydekker pp. 30-33
1909Allopleuron hoffmanni Dollo p. 103
1934Chelonia hoffmanni Swinton p. 72
2007Allopleuron hofmanni Karl p. 45
2012Allopleuron hofmanni Karl et al.

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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
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilyCheloniinaeOppel 1811
genusCheloniaBrongniart 1800
specieshoffmanni

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.

†Chelonia hoffmanni Gray 1831
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Invalid names: Chelone camperi Owen 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Allopleuron hoffmanni (type locality: 138726)