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Khunnuchelys erinhotensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Khunnuchelys erinhotensis was named by Brinkman et al. (1993). Its type specimen is IVPP V9535, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SCDP site 10, Iren Dabasu, which is in a Campanian/Campanian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Iren Dabasu Formation of China. It is the type species of Khunnuchelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Khunnuchelys erinhotensis Brinkman et al. p. 2215 figs. 1-3
2008Khunnuchelys erinhotensis Brinkman et al. p. 75
2017Khunnuchelys erinhotensis Georgalis and Joyce

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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
Trionychia
PantrionychidaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusKhunnuchelys
specieserinhotensis

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.

Khunnuchelys erinhotensis Brinkman et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2China (Nei Mongol) Testudines indet. (type locality: 49367)