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Hydropelta meyeri

Reptilia - Eurysternidae

Taxonomy
Chelone meyeri was named by Tholliere (1851). Its type specimen is MHNL 20015611, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerin, Jura, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in France.

It was recombined as Hydropelta meyeri by Meyer (1860), Rütimeyer (1873), Lortet (1892) and Anquetin et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Chelone meyeri Tholliere
1860Hydropelta meyeri Meyer
1873Hydropelta meyeri Rütimeyer p. 135
1892Hydropelta meyeri Lortet p. 18
2017Hydropelta meyeri Anquetin et al. pp. 329-330

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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)
—Thalassochelydia
familyEurysternidaeDollo 1886
genusHydropeltaMeyer 1850
speciesmeyeri(Tholliere 1851)

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.

†Hydropelta meyeri Tholliere 1851
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Anquetin et al. 2017Hydropelta meyeri differs from all other “eurysternids” by the presence of relatively well-developed costo-peripheral fontanelles, an elongated and pointed anterior plastral lobe, a long posterior entoplastral process, and a large lateral plastral fontanelle.
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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Chelone meyeri (type locality: 24426)