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Kinosternia (disused)

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Kinosternia was named by Gaffney and Meylan (1988). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cryptodira by Hutchison and Holroyd (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Kinosternia Gaffney and Meylan
2003Kinosternia Hutchison and Holroyd

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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)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—KinosterniaGaffney and Meylan 1988
—KinosterniaGaffney and Meylan 1988

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.

Unr. †Kinosternia Gaffney and Meylan 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available