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Mesodermochelys
Taxonomy
Mesodermochelys was named by Hirayama and Chitoku (1996).
It was assigned to Cryptodira by Joyce (2007); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Dermochelyoidae by Bardet et al. (2013), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); to Dermochelyidae by Hirayama and Chitoku (1996), Hirayama and Hikida (1998), Cadena and Parham (2015); and to Protostegidae by Hirayama and Obara (2024).
It was assigned to Cryptodira by Joyce (2007); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Dermochelyoidae by Bardet et al. (2013), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); to Dermochelyidae by Hirayama and Chitoku (1996), Hirayama and Hikida (1998), Cadena and Parham (2015); and to Protostegidae by Hirayama and Obara (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Mesodermochelys Hirayama and Chitoku pp. 598-599 figs. 2-17 |
| 1998 | Mesodermochelys Hirayama and Hikida p. 70 |
| 2007 | Mesodermochelys Joyce |
| 2009 | Mesodermochelys Anquetin et al. |
| 2013 | Mesodermochelys Bardet et al. |
| 2014 | Mesodermochelys de Lapparent de Broin et al. |
| 2015 | Mesodermochelys Cadena and Parham |
| 2024 | Mesodermochelys Hirayama and Obara |
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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.
G. †Mesodermochelys Hirayama and Chitoku 1996
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†Mesodermochelys undulatus Hirayama and Chitoku 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Campanian | Japan (Wakayama) | M. sp. (236691) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Japan (Nakagawa) | M. sp. (188484) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Japan (Hokkaido) | M. undulatus (152095) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Japan (Hyogo) | M. undulatus (176812) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Japan (Hokkaido) | M. undulatus (129271 129272 129273 129274 129275 129276 129277 129278) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Chile (Santiago) | Dermochelyidae indet. (132352) |