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Chubutemys copelloi

Reptilia

Discussion

Fieldwork conducted in 2008 to the Puesto La Paloma Member of the Cerro Barcino Formation leaded by Dr. de la Fuente resulted in the discovery of more cranial and postcranial remains of C. copelloi in “Turtle Town” locality. Sterli et al. (2015) present new material (left maxilla and left jugal) that fit in the holotype skull of Chubutemys copelloi MPEF-PV1236.

Taxonomy
Chubutemys copelloi was named by Gaffney et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV1236, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Turtle Town, Cerro Barcino, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Cerro Barcino Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Chubutemys copelloi Gaffney et al. p. 4 figs. 4-12
2013Chubutemys copelloi Pérez-García and Murelaga
2014Chubutemys copelloi de la Fuente et al.
2015Chubutemys copelloi Sterli

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Perichelydia
Meiolaniformes
genusChubutemys
speciescopelloi

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.

Chubutemys copelloi Gaffney et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 112.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Argentina (Chubut) Chubutemys copelloi (type locality: 38530)