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Thinochelys
Taxonomy
Thinochelys was named by Zangerl (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: K u]. Its type is Thinochelys lapisossea.
It was assigned to Toxochelyidae by Carroll (1988); to Toxochelyinae by Zangerl (1953), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Weems (1988); and to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Toxochelyidae by Carroll (1988); to Toxochelyinae by Zangerl (1953), Thurmond and Jones (1981) and Weems (1988); and to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
T. lapisossea (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Thinochelys Zangerl p. 173 |
| 1981 | Thinochelys Thurmond and Jones p. 128 |
| 1988 | Thinochelys Carroll |
| 1988 | Thinochelys Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 2002 | Thinochelys Sepkoski |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | T. lapisossea (81972) |