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Sichuanchelys chowi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Sichuanchelys chowi was named by Ye and Pi (1997). Its type specimen is ZDM 3014, a shell (a complete shell with articulated carapace and plastron; part of carapace surface damaged), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China. It is the type species of Sichuanchelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Sichuanchelys chowi Ye and Pi p. 182 figs. plate 1
2008Sichuanchelys chowi Brinkman et al. p. 37
2008Sichuanchelys chowi Danilov and Parham
2012Sichuanchelys chowi Tong et al. pp. 686-688 figs. 8-10
2017Sichuanchelys chowi 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)
Perichelydia
Sichuanchelyidae()
genusSichuanchelys
specieschowi

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.

Sichuanchelys chowi Ye and Pi 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Tong et al. 2012Only species, same as for genus [Sichuanchelys]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Oxfordian170.3 - 157.3China (Sichuan) Sichuanchelys chowi (type locality: 24883)