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Apodichelys lucianoi

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Apodichelys lucianoi was named by Price (1954). Its type specimen is DNPM 418-R, a shell (steinkern), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Mossoró-03, Potiguar basin, which is in a Turonian deep subtidal packstone/grainstone in the Jandaíra Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Apodichelys lucianoi Price
1981Apodichelys lucianoi Campos and de Broin
2006Apodichelys lucianoi Gaffney et al. p. 108
2007Apodichelys lucianoi Oliveira and Romano

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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
superfamilyPelomedusoidesBroin 1988
genusApodichelys
specieslucianoi

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.

†Apodichelys lucianoi Price 1954
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Diagnosis
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