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Trachydermochelys

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Trachydermochelys was named by Seeley (1869).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Joyce (2017).

It was assigned to Chelonii by Seeley (1869); to Pleurodira by Delair (1958); to Helochelydrinae by Kuhn (1966); and to Helochelydridae by Joyce (2022).

Species
T. phlyctaenus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Trachydermochelys Seeley
1958Trachydermochelys Delair p. 55
1966Trachydermochelys Kuhn p. 25
2022Trachydermochelys Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
—Helochelydridae()
genusTrachydermochelysSeeley 1869

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.

G. †Trachydermochelys Seeley 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 112.03000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Spain (Aragón) T. sp. (61328)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) T. phlyctaenus (94210)