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Terlinguachelys fischbecki

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Taxonomy
Terlinguachelys fischbecki was named by Lehman and Tomlinson (2004). Its type specimen is TMM 43072-1, a partial skeleton (mandible, hyoid, carapace plates, part of the plastron, and limb elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TMM 43072, which is in a Campanian shoreface sandstone in the Aguja Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Terlinguachelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Terlinguachelys fischbecki Lehman and Tomlinson p. 1164

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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
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyProtostegidaeCope 1873
genusTerlinguachelys
speciesfischbecki

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.

†Terlinguachelys fischbecki Lehman and Tomlinson 2004
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Diagnosis
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