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Argillochelys subcristata

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Chelone subcristata was named by Owen (1841). Its type specimen is BMNH 38952, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is London Clay, Isle of Sheppey turtles, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Argillochelys subcristata by Lydekker (1889).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Chelone subcristata Owen p. 576
1842Chelone subcristata Owen p. 179
1849Chelone subcarinata Owen p. 37
1849Chelone subcarinata Owen and Bell p. 37
1889Argillochelys subcristata Lydekker p. 47

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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
—PanchelonioideaJoyce et al. 2004
—PancheloniidaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusArgillochelys
speciessubcristata()

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.

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Invalid names: Chelone subcarinata Owen 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available