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Tasbacka ruhoffi

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Catapleura ruhoffi was named by Weems (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 358865, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Indian Head Highway, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Aquia Formation of Maryland.

It was recombined as Tasbacka ruhoffi by Weems (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Catapleura ruhoffi Weems p. 125 figs. Figs. 16-19, 20A
2014Tasbacka ruhoffi Weems

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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
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
genusTasbackaNesov 1986
speciesruhoffi()

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.

†Tasbacka ruhoffi Weems 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available