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Kayentachelys aprix

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Kayentachelys aprix was named by Gaffney et al. (1987). Its type specimen is MNA V1558, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gold Spring Quarry 1 (MNA, MCZ, TMM 45609), which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian floodplain claystone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Kayentachelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Kayentachelys aprix Gaffney et al. p. 289
2007Kayentachelys aprix Sterli and Joyce
2008Kayentachelys aprix Danilov and Parham
2013Kayentachelys aprix Pérez-García and Murelaga
2014Kayentachelys aprix Perea et al.
2017Kayentachelys aprix Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Mesochelydia
genusKayentachelys
speciesaprix

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.

Kayentachelys aprix Gaffney et al. 1987
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Diagnosis
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