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Lytoloma elegans

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Lytoloma elegans was named by Bergounioux (1952). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gafsa, which is in an Eocene marine phosphorite in Tunisia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Lytoloma elegans Bergounioux

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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
genusLytoloma
specieselegans

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.

†Lytoloma elegans Bergounioux 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available