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Chelyopsis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Chelyopsis was named by Smets (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cheloniidae by Berry and Lynn (1936); and to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Chelyopsis Smets
1936Chelyopsis Berry and Lynn p. 189
2002Chelyopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
Pantestudines
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
genusChelyopsisSmets 1887

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.

G. †Chelyopsis Smets 1887
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Chelyopsis halleri Karl 1989
Chelyopsis holsaticus Dames 1894
Chelyopsis littoreus Van Beneden 1886
Chelyopsis raabei Karl and Schleich 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Chattian or 41.03000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Germany C. raabei (46086)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany C. holsaticus (46092)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3Germany C. halleri (46097)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium (Antwerpen) C. littoreus (52047)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany C. holsaticus (91095) C. sp. (46094)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) C. sp. (80366)