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Pelobatochelys

Reptilia - Testudines - Thalassemydidae

Taxonomy
Pelobatochelys was named by Seeley (1875).

It was assigned to Acichelyidae by Lydekker (1889), Delair (1958).

Species
P. blakii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Pelobatochelys Seeley p. 234
1889Pelobatochelys Lydekker pp. 152-153
1958Pelobatochelys Delair p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
—PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
familyThalassemydidaeZittel 1889
genusPelobatochelysSeeley 1875

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.

G. †Pelobatochelys Seeley 1875
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†Pelobatochelys blakii Seeley 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) P. blakii (26795)