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Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

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
YearName and author
1953Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis Young and Chow figs. Plate 4, figs 1, 1a
1963Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis Yeh
2008Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis Brinkman et al. p. 47
2012Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis Tong et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Eucryptodira
familyXinjiangchelyidaeNessov 1990
genusTienfuchelys
speciestzuyangensis

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.30000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5China (Sichuan) Tienfuchelys tzuyangensis (type locality: 131873)