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Linderochelys rinconensis

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Linderochelys rinconensis was named by de la Fuente et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MAU-PV-LL 69, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loma del Lindero, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian crevasse splay mudstone/sandstone in the Plottier Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Linderochelys rinconensis de la Fuente et al. p. 486
2014Linderochelys rinconensis de la Fuente et al.
2016Linderochelys rinconensis Maniel and de la Fuente

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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
—Panchelidae
genusLinderochelys
speciesrinconensis

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.

†Linderochelys rinconensis de la Fuente et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
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