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Corsochelys halinches

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Corsochelys haliniches was named by Zangerl (1960). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CNHM PR249, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is West Greene, East, which is in a Campanian carbonate limestone in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama.

It was corrected as Corsochelys halinches by Evers et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Corsochelys haliniches Zangerl p. 285 figs. Fig. 126-145
1981Corsochelys haliniches Thurmond and Jones p. 136
2019Corsochelys halinches Evers et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
DermochelyoidaeWilliams 1950
genusCorsochelys
specieshalinches()

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.

Corsochelys halinches Zangerl 1960
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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: Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Corsochelys haliniches (type locality: 82035)