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Chelydropsis murchisoni
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) and Joyce (2016).
It was recombined as Chelydropsis murchisoni by Broin (1977), Mlynarski (1981), Mlynarski (1984), Hutchison (2008), Karl (2013) and Joyce (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1836 | Chelydra murchisoni Bell p. 380 |
1868 | Chelydropsis carinata Peters |
1889 | Chelydra murchisoni Lydekker pp. 135-136 |
1935 | Trionyx sansaniensis Bergounioux |
1939 | Chelydra allingensis Fuchs |
1977 | Chelydropsis murchisoni Broin |
1977 | Chelydropsis sansaniensis Broin |
1980 | Chelydropsis murchisoni staeschei Mlynarski |
1980 | Chelydropsis staeschei Mlynarski |
1981 | Chelydropsis murchisoni Mlynarski |
1984 | Chelydropsis murchisoni Mlynarski |
2000 | Chelydropsis sansaniensis de Lapparent de Broin |
2008 | Chelydropsis carinata Hutchison |
2008 | Chelydropsis murchisoni Hutchison |
2008 | Chelydropsis sansaniensis Hutchison |
2013 | Chelydropsis murchisoni Karl |
2016 | Chelydropsis murchisoni Joyce |
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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.
†Chelydropsis murchisoni Bell 1836
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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
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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 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 |
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Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Chelydropsis murchisoni (198614) | |
Burdigalian | Germany | Chelydropsis murchisoni (49101) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Chelydropsis murchisoni (106003) | |
Langhian | Germany (Bavaria) | Chelydra allingensis (190946) | |
Langhian | Austria (Styria) | Chelydropsis carinata (144047) | |
MN 5 | Germany | Chelydropsis sp. (46955) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Chelydropsis murchisoni (42596) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Trionyx sansaniensis (32191) | |
Middle Miocene | Germany | Chelydropsis murchisoni (194682) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Chelydra murchisoni (type locality: 34534) Chelydropsis murchisoni, Chelydropsis staeschei (49520) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Germany (Bavaria) | Chelydropsis murchisoni (73696) | |
Sarmatian | Austria | Chelydropsis murchisoni (175587) |