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Labrostochelys galkini

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Labrostochelys galkini was named by Gaffney et al. (2006). Its type specimen is AMNH 30043, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oued Zem or Ouled Abdoun Basin Bothremys maghrebiana, which is in a Danian marine phosphorite in Morocco. It is the type species of Labrostochelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Labrostochelys galkini Gaffney et al. p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
—Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
genusLabrostochelys
speciesgalkini

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.

†Labrostochelys galkini Gaffney et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006As for genus [Labrostochelys]