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Sindhochelys ragei

Reptilia - Testudines

Discussion

Etymology: From chelys, turtle in Latin. Species: in honor to our friend and colleague Jean-Claude Rage.

The final repository of the fossil material reported here is the Centre for Pure and Applied Geology (CPAG), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan. High-resolution casts are housed at the Musum national dHistoire naturelle, Paris.

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Taxonomy
Sindhochelys ragei was named by de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2021). Its type specimen is CPAG-RANKT-V-3, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laki Range - K18-12, which is in a Danian coastal sandstone in the Khadro Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Sindhochelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Sindhochelys ragei de Lapparent de Broin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
—Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
genusSindhochelys
speciesragei

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.

†Sindhochelys ragei de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Pakistan (Sind) Chelonia indet. (type locality: 166592)