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Hoplochelys clark

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Taxonomy
Hoplochelys clark was named by Knauss et al. (2011) ["clark" is not a lapsus]. Its type specimen is PTRM 16173, a partial shell (nearly complete shell lacking anterior portions of the nuchal and much of the pygal regions), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PTRM V95018 (Silty Mudstone), which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain mudstone in the Hell Creek Formation of North Dakota.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Hoplochelys clark Knauss et al.
2016Hoplochelys clark Joyce and Bourque

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
familyKinosternoidea()
PandermatemysJoyce et al. 2004
genusHoplochelys
speciesclark

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.

Hoplochelys clark Knauss et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsuperf
Diet: durophagesuperf
Diet 2: piscivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:33:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:33:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Hoplochelys clark (type locality: 99589)