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Lemurchelys diasphax

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Taxonomy
Lemurchelys diasphax was named by Gaffney et al. (2011). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Moghra MGL-16, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Moghara Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Lemurchelys.

Entered
by P. Holroyd on 2016-07-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Lemurchelys diasphax Gaffney et al. p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
Pantestudines
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
superfamilyPelomedusoidesBroin 1988
familyPodocnemididae
genusLemurchelys
speciesdiasphax

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.

Lemurchelys diasphax Gaffney et al. 2011
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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: Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Egypt Lemurchelys diasphax (type locality: 179918)