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Eochelyinae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Eochelyinae was named by Moody (1967).

It was assigned to Cheloniidae by Moody (1980), Karl (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Eochelyinae Moody
1980Eochelyinae Moody p. 165
1996Eochelyinae Karl

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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
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilyEochelyinaeMoody 1967
subfamilyEochelyinaeMoody 1967

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. †Eochelyinae Moody 1967
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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: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Eochelyinae indet. (48888)