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Santanachelys
Taxonomy
Santanachelys was named by Hirayama (1998).
It was assigned to Dermochelyidae by Joyce et al. (2004); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Dermochelyoidae by Bardet et al. (2013); to Eucryptodira by Joyce (2007), Mateus et al. (2009), Puntener et al. (2014); to Testudines by Pérez-García and Murelaga (2013), Perea et al. (2014); and to Protostegidae by Hirayama (1998), Oliveira and Romano (2007), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Dermochelyidae by Joyce et al. (2004); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Dermochelyoidae by Bardet et al. (2013); to Eucryptodira by Joyce (2007), Mateus et al. (2009), Puntener et al. (2014); to Testudines by Pérez-García and Murelaga (2013), Perea et al. (2014); and to Protostegidae by Hirayama (1998), Oliveira and Romano (2007), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Santanachelys Hirayama |
| 2004 | Santanachelys Joyce et al. |
| 2007 | Santanachelys Joyce |
| 2007 | Santanachelys Oliveira and Romano |
| 2009 | Santanachelys Anquetin et al. |
| 2009 | Santanachelys Mateus et al. |
| 2013 | Santanachelys Bardet et al. |
| 2013 | Santanachelys Pérez-García and Murelaga |
| 2014 | Santanachelys Perea et al. |
| 2014 | Santanachelys Puntener et al. |
| 2014 | Santanachelys de Lapparent de Broin et al. |
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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: Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | S. gaffneyi (67712) |