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Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis
Taxonomy
Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis was named by Young and Chow (1953). Its type specimen is CMNH C.1536, a partial skeleton (Shell with incomplete carapace articulated with complete plastron, a right scapula and a right humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tzuyang, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial claystone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis Young and Chow figs. Plate 4, figs 1, 1a |
| 1963 | Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis Yeh |
| 2008 | Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis Brinkman et al. p. 47 |
| 2012 | Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis Tong et al. |
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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.
†Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis Young and Chow 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bathonian - Callovian | China (Sichuan) | Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis (type locality: 131873) |