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Toxochelys moorevillensis

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Toxochelys moorevillensis was named by Zangerl (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM P27330, a shell (nearly complete carapace and plastron, girdle elements, and vertebral fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moore Brothers Farm, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Toxochelys moorevillensis Zangerl pp. 186-193 figs. Figs. 74-76
1981Toxochelys moorevillensis Thurmond and Jones p. 128
1988Toxochelys moorevillensis Nicholls p. 185

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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
—Durocryptodira
genusToxochelys
speciesmoorevillensis

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.

†Toxochelys moorevillensis Zangerl 1953
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Diagnosis
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