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Maorichelys wiffeni

Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae

Taxonomy
Maorichelys wiffeni was named by Karl and Tichy (2007). Its type specimen is UO 22021, a set of postcrania (humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boulder Hill near Dunedin, which is in a Bartonian marine marl in the Burnside Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Maorichelys wiffeni Karl and Tichy p. 18 figs. 2-5, 3, plate 3
2024Maorichelys wiffeni Robinson et al. p. 574

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyDermochelyidaeLydekker 1889
genusMaorichelys
specieswiffeni

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.

†Maorichelys wiffeni Karl and Tichy 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: durophagef
Diet 2: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:29:38
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:29:38
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand Psephophorus terrypratchetti (type locality: 167345)