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Athecae (disused)
Taxonomy
Athecae was named by Cope (1871). It is extant.
It was corrected as Athecata by Lydekker (1889); it was reranked as the order Atheca by Perrier (1928); it was reranked as the order Athecae by Gadow (1898) and Roxo (1937).
It was assigned to Testudinata by Lydekker (1889); to Chelonia by Andrews (1906); to Testudines by Hay (1902) and Hay (1908); to Chelonia by Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928); to Testudinata by Cope (1871), Cope (1875) and Hay (1930); and to Testudinata by Roxo (1937).
It was corrected as Athecata by Lydekker (1889); it was reranked as the order Atheca by Perrier (1928); it was reranked as the order Athecae by Gadow (1898) and Roxo (1937).
It was assigned to Testudinata by Lydekker (1889); to Chelonia by Andrews (1906); to Testudines by Hay (1902) and Hay (1908); to Chelonia by Gadow (1898) and Perrier (1928); to Testudinata by Cope (1871), Cope (1875) and Hay (1930); and to Testudinata by Roxo (1937).
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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.
Subor. Athecae Cope 1871
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| O. P. Hay 1908 | Turtles which retain the primitive dermal armor, with at least traces of the suhdermai expansions connected with the ribs. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available