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Cratochelone berneyi

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Protostegidae

Taxonomy
Cratochelone berneyi was named by Longman (1915). Its type specimen is QM F14550, a partial skeleton (Fragmentary associated postcranial elements including: proximal sections of left humerus, radius, and ulna; articular portions of left scapula and coracoid; lef), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cratochelone type, Sylvania Station [PROXY], which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Cratochelone berneyi Longman
1981Cratochelone berneyi Gaffney
1991Cratochelone berneyi Fordyce p. 1173
2005Cratochelone berneyi Martin and Rauhut figs. 1, 2
2006Cratochelone berneyi Kear
2023Cratochelone berneyi Poropat et al. p. 154

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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
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyProtostegidaeCope 1873
genusCratochelone
speciesberneyi

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.

Cratochelone berneyi Longman 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Cratochelone berneyi (type locality: 139918)