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Mendozachelys
Taxonomy
Mendozachelys was named by de la Fuente et al. (2017). Its type is Mendozachelys wichmanni.
It was assigned to Chelidae by de la Fuente et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Chelidae by de la Fuente et al. (2017).
Species
M. wichmanni (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Mendozachelys de la Fuente et al. |
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G. †Mendozachelys de la Fuente et al. 2017
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†Mendozachelys wichmanni de la Fuente et al. 2017
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2017 | It is a Pan-Chelidae because of the presence of a second opisthocoelous, fifth biconvexe, sixth procoelous and a seventh biconcave cervical vertebrae in the neck. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Mendoza) | M. wichmanni (182521) |