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Yaminuechelys maior

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae

Taxonomy
Naiadochelys maior was named by Staesche (1929). Its type specimen is MPEF PV-1273, a partial skeleton (shell fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Hansen, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Gaffney et al. (2006); it was recombined as Yaminuechelys maior by Bona and de la Fuente (2005), de la Fuente et al. (2014) and Maniel and de la Fuente (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Najadochelys maior Staesche
1929Osteopygis sculptus Staesche
2005Yaminuechelys maior Bona and de la Fuente
2014Yaminuechelys maior de la Fuente et al.
2016Yaminuechelys maior Maniel and de la Fuente

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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
suborderPleurodira
familyChelidaeGray 1825
genusYaminuechelys
speciesmaior()

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.

Yaminuechelys maior Staesche 1929
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Invalid names: Osteopygis sculptus Staesche 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available