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Brodiechelys royoi

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Taxonomy
Brodiechelys royoi was named by Pérez-García et al. (2014). Its type specimen is CMP-3b/181, a carapace (Partial shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brighstone Bay sauropod, which is in a Hauterivian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Brodiechelys royoi Pérez-García and Murelaga p. 4
2014Brodiechelys royoi Pérez-García et al.
2017Brodiechelys royoi Pérez-García

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Eucryptodira
familyXinjiangchelyidaeNessov 1990
genusBrodiechelysNopcsa 1928
speciesroyoi

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.

Brodiechelys royoi Pérez-García et al. 2014
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Valenciana) Testudines indet. (61325)