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Protochelydrinae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Chelydridae

Taxonomy
Protochelydrinae was named by Gaffney (1975).

It was assigned to Chelydridae by Hutchison and Pasch (2004), Hutchison (2008).

Entered
by P. Mannion on 2012-12-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Protochelydrinae Gaffney
2004Protochelydrinae Hutchison and Pasch
2008Protochelydrinae Hutchison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
Pantestudines
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Eucryptodira
superfamilyChelydroidea
familyChelydridae
subfamilyProtochelydrinaeGaffney 1975
subfamilyProtochelydrinaeGaffney 1975

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.

Subfm. †Protochelydrinae Gaffney 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapacef
Adult length: 100 to < 1000f
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-25 13:50:05
Modified: 2005-09-09 19:46:40
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available