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Craspedochelys picteti

Reptilia - Plesiochelyidae

Taxonomy

Craspedochelys picteti was named by Rütimeyer (1873). Its type specimen is NMS 8510 (holotype; formerly NMS 129), a partial shell (left anterior portion of a shell with poorly preserved plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.

It was synonymized subjectively with Plesiochelys etalloni by Gaffney (1975).

Synonyms

Craspedochelys crassa was named by Rütimeyer (1873). Its type specimen is NMS 8507 (holotype; formerly NMS 130), a partial shell (poorly preserved carapace fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.

It was synonymized subjectively with Plesiochelys etalloni by Gaffney (1975); it was synonymized subjectively with Craspedochelys picteti by Bräm (1965), Anquetin et al. (2014) and Anquetin et al. (2017).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Craspedochelys picteti Rütimeyer p. 89 figs. Plate 5
1873	Craspedochelys crassa Rütimeyer p. 90
1965	Craspedochelys picteti Bräm p. 137
1996	Craspedochelys picteti Lapparent de Broin et al. p. 562
2014	Craspedochelys picteti Anquetin et al.
2017	Craspedochelys picteti Anquetin et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Testudinata	(Oppel 1811)
—	Thalassochelydia
family	Plesiochelyidae	Rütimeyer 1873
genus	Craspedochelys
species	picteti

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.

†Craspedochelys picteti Rütimeyer 1873

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Invalid names: Craspedochelys crassa Rütimeyer 1873 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
J. Anquetin et al. 2017	Craspedochelys picteti differs from all other Craspedochelys by having a carapace with a heraldic shield shape, a greater size (up to 550 mm), a reduced or absent contact between costal VIII and peripheral XI, and a smaller and narrower pygal bone. Craspedochelys picteti further differs from Craspedochelys jaccardi by having a lower length/width ratio of the costal bones (around 4.3, as opposed to 4.8 or more for costal IV), and slightly longer than wide hyoplastra.