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Spoochelys ormondea
Taxonomy
Spoochelys ormondea was named by Smith and Kear (2013). Its type specimen is AM F121643, F121646, F121579-121581, F121686-7, F121641, F121587, F121621, F121613, a partial skeleton (Associated cranial-postcranial elements: quadrate, AM F121643; supraoccipital, AM F121646; anterior peripherals, AM F121579, AM F121580, AM F121581; anterior co), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is T-Bone Extension, Coocoran Opal Fields, which is in a Cenomanian estuary/bay claystone in the Griman Creek Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Spoochelys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Spoochelys ormondea Smith and Kear p. 123 figs. Figs 9.2-9.8 |
| 2017 | Spoochelys ormondea Joyce |
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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.
†Spoochelys ormondea Smith and Kear 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Australia (New South Wales) | Spoochelys ormondea (99238 type locality: 133649 133650) |