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Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Carettochelyidae

Taxonomy
Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis was named by Godinot et al. (2018). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.RZ 380, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rouzilhac, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian coarse channel fill sandstone/siltstone in the Molasse de Carcassonne Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis Godinot et al. p. 151 figs. 3a-d, 4b, 4d, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Trionychia
familyCarettochelyidaeGill 1889
subfamilyCarettochelyinaeBoulenger 1887
genusAllaeochelysNoulet 1867
speciesrouzilhacensis

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.

†Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis Godinot et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:25:47
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:25:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Occitanie) Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis (type locality: 195457)