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Euclastes coahuilaensis

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Euclastes coahuilaensis was named by Brinkman et al. (2009). Its type specimen is CPC 257 (SEPCP 9/721), a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Parrita (SEPCP-9), which is in a Campanian marginal marine shale in the Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Mexichelys coahuilaensis by Parham and Pyenson (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Euclastes coahuilaensis Brinkman et al.
2010Mexichelys coahuilaensis Parham and Pyenson p. 232

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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
genusEuclastes
speciescoahuilaensis

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.

†Euclastes coahuilaensis Brinkman et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available