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Chelydosaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Actinodontidae

Taxonomy
Chelydosaurus was named by Fritsch (1885).

It was assigned to Actinodontidae by Watson (1919).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Chelydosaurus Fritsch
1919Chelydosaurus Watson p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Archegosauriformes
familyActinodontidaeLydekker 1885
genusChelydosaurusFritsch 1885

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. †Chelydosaurus Fritsch 1885
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†Chelydosaurus vranii Fritsch 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Rotliegendes to the top of the Artinskian or 283.50000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3India C. marahomensis (156530)
Rotliegendes283.5 - 259.51Czech Republic (Boheme) C. vranii (58139)