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Chelonia parvitecta
Taxonomy
Chelone parvitecta was named by Cope (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Squankum marl pits, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian marine siltstone in the Kirkwood Formation of New Jersey.
It was recombined as Puppigerus parvitectus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Chelonia parvitecta by Hay (1930).
It was recombined as Puppigerus parvitectus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Chelonia parvitecta by Hay (1930).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Chelonia parvitecta Cope 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | USA (New Jersey) | Chelone parvitecta (type locality: 50944) |