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Chelonipus

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Chelonipus was named by von Lilienstern (1939). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Chelonipus torquatus.

It was assigned to Testudines by Kuhn (1971), Haubold (1971), Demathieu and Haubold (1972), Haubold (1974); and to Chelonia by Lovelace and Lovelace (2012).

Species
C. cuneiformis, C. plieningeri, C. torquatus (type species)
Entered
by R. Butler on 2012-10-29; modified by M. Carrano on 2022-12-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Chelonipus von Lilienstern
1971Chelonipus Haubold p. 89
1971Chelonipus Kuhn p. 10
1972Chelonipus Demathieu and Haubold p. 804
1974Chelonipus Haubold p. 49
2012Chelonipus Lovelace and Lovelace

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
—Pantestudines
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
genusChelonipusvon Lilienstern 1939

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. †Chelonipus von Lilienstern 1939
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†Chelonipus cuneiformis von Lilienstern 1939
†Chelonipus plieningeri Haubold 1971
†Chelonipus torquatus von Lilienstern 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Campanian or 248.10000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian - Anisian249.9 - 241.464Germany (Thuringia) C. torquatus, C. cuneiformis (182300)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (135635 135636 135637)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2USA (Colorado) C. sp. (123526)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Colorado) C. sp. (70050)