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Neochelys laurenti

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Taxonomy
Papoulemys laurenti was named by Tong (1998). Its type specimen is n. T12, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Papoul, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Saint-Papoul Formation of France.

It was recombined as Neochelys laurenti by Lapparent de Broin (2003), Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin (2013) and Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Papoulemys laurenti Tong p. 43
2003Neochelys laurenti Lapparent de Broin
2013Neochelys laurenti Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin
2015Neochelys laurenti Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin

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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
suborderPleurodira
familyPodocnemididae
subfamilyErymnochelyinaeBroin 1988
genusNeochelysBergounioux 1954
specieslaurenti()

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.

Neochelys laurenti Tong 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:35:35
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:35:35
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) Papoulemys laurenti, Neochelys laurenti (type locality: 78236)