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Protochelydrinae (disused)

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

Taxonomy
Protochelydrinae was named by Gaffney (1975).

It was assigned to Chelydridae by Hutchison and Pasch (2004) and Hutchison (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Protochelydrinae Gaffney
2004Protochelydrinae Hutchison and Pasch
2008Protochelydrinae Hutchison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyChelydridae
subfamilyProtochelydrinaeGaffney 1975
subfamilyProtochelydrinaeGaffney 1975

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.

Subfm. †Protochelydrinae Gaffney 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available