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Leyvachelys cipadi

Reptilia - Testudines - Sandownidae

Taxonomy
Leyvachelys cipadi was named by Cadena (2015). Its type specimen is FCG-CBP-71, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loma La Catalina - middle Paja, which is in a Barremian/Aptian marine limestone in the Paja Formation of Colombia. It is the type species of Leyvachelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Leyvachelys cipadi Cadena p. 4 figs. 2-4

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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
Eucryptodira
familySandownidae
genusLeyvachelys
speciescipadi

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.

Leyvachelys cipadi Cadena 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 130.00000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Colombia (Boyaca) Leyvachelys cipadi (type locality: 176544)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Eucryptodira indet. (27774) Leyvachelys cipadi (31172 180948 180949)