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Carolinochelys wilsoni

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Carolinochelys wilsoni was named by Hay (1923). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Charleston, Eocene unknown, which is in an Eocene marine marl in South Carolina. It is the type species of Carolinochelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Carolinochelys wilsoni Hay p. 119
1930Carolinochelys wilsoni Hay p. 80

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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
suborderCryptodira
—PanchelonioideaJoyce et al. 2004
—PancheloniidaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusCarolinochelys
specieswilsoni

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available