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Thalassochelys eocaenica
Taxonomy
Thalassochelys eocaenica was named by Lydekker (1889). Its type specimen is BMNH R1557, a limb element (left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bracklesham, Earnley Formation, which is in a Lutetian marginal marine sandstone in the Earnley Formation of the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Thalassochelys eocaenica Lydekker p. 177 fig. 1 |
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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.
†Thalassochelys eocaenica Lydekker 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||