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Chelydropsis murchisoni

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

Taxonomy
Chelydra murchisoni was named by Bell (1836). Its type specimen is BMNH 37204, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Öhningen, which is in a MN 7 + 8 lacustrine limestone in the Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Chelydropsis murchisoni by Broin (1977), Mlynarski (1981), Mlynarski (1984), Hutchison (2008), Karl (2013), Joyce (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Chelydra murchisoni Bell p. 380
1868Chelydropsis carinata Peters
1889Chelydra murchisoni Lydekker pp. 135-136
1935Trionyx sansaniensis Bergounioux
1939Chelydra allingensis Fuchs
1977Chelydropsis murchisoni Broin
1977Chelydropsis sansaniensis Broin
1980Chelydropsis murchisoni staeschei Mlynarski
1980Chelydropsis staeschei Mlynarski
1981Chelydropsis murchisoni Mlynarski
1984Chelydropsis murchisoni Mlynarski
2000Chelydropsis sansaniensis de Lapparent de Broin
2008Chelydropsis carinata Hutchison
2008Chelydropsis murchisoni Hutchison
2008Chelydropsis sansaniensis Hutchison
2013Chelydropsis murchisoni Karl
2016Chelydropsis murchisoni Joyce

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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
familyChelydridae
genusChelydropsis
speciesmurchisoni()

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.

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Invalid names: Chelydra allingensis Fuchs 1939 [synonym], Chelydropsis carinata Peters 1868 [synonym], Chelydropsis murchisoni staeschei Mlynarski 1980 [synonym], Chelydropsis staeschei Mlynarski 1980 [synonym], Trionyx sansaniensis Bergounioux 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapacef
Adult length: 100 to < 1000f
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-25 13:50:05
Modified: 2005-09-09 19:46:40
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Chelydropsis murchisoni (198614)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Chelydropsis murchisoni (49101)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Chelydropsis murchisoni (106003)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Chelydropsis carinata (144047)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Chelydra allingensis (190946)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Chelydropsis sp. (46955)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Chelydropsis murchisoni (42596)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Trionyx sansaniensis (32191)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany Chelydropsis murchisoni (194682)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Chelydra murchisoni (type locality: 34534) Chelydropsis murchisoni, Chelydropsis staeschei (49520)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Bavaria) Chelydropsis murchisoni (73696)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Chelydropsis murchisoni (175587)