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Thalassochelys caretta
Taxonomy
Thalassochelys caretta was named by Faura y Sanz (1915). Its type specimen is specimen lost, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montjuic (Eocene), which is in a Lutetian marine horizon in Spain.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1915 | Thalassochelys caretta Faura y Sanz |
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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.
†Thalassochelys caretta Faura y Sanz 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
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