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Peligrochelys
Taxonomy
Peligrochelys was named by Sterli and de la Fuente (2013).
It was assigned to Meiolaniformes by Sterli and de la Fuente (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), Sterli (2015), Sterli et al. (2015) and Sterli and de la Fuente (2019).
It was assigned to Meiolaniformes by Sterli and de la Fuente (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), Sterli (2015), Sterli et al. (2015) and Sterli and de la Fuente (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Peligrochelys Sterli and de la Fuente |
| 2014 | Peligrochelys de la Fuente et al. |
| 2015 | Peligrochelys Sterli |
| 2015 | Peligrochelys Sterli et al. |
| 2019 | Peligrochelys Sterli and de la Fuente |
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G. †Peligrochelys Sterli and de la Fuente 2013
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†Peligrochelys walshae Sterli and de la Fuente 2013
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. Sterli 2015 | Peligrochelys walshae can be diagnosed as a meiolaniform by the presence of large exposure of the prefrontal and the exclusion of the frontal in the orbital rim | |
| J. Sterli and M. S. de la Fuente 2019 | Peligrochelys walshae is referred to the clade Meiolaniformes by the large exposure of the prefrontal in the skull roof, the lack of frontal contribution to the orbit, presence of protuberances in the squamosal, and formed cervical and caudal vertebrae. |