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Leyvachelys cipadi

Reptilia - Testudines - Sandownidae

Taxonomy
Leyvachelys cipadi was named by Cadena (2015). Its type specimen is FCG-CBP-71, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loma La Catalina - middle Paja, which is in a Barremian/Aptian marine limestone in the Paja Formation of Colombia. It is the type species of Leyvachelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Leyvachelys cipadi Cadena p. 4 figs. 2-4

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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
—Eucryptodira
familySandownidae
genusLeyvachelys
speciescipadi

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.

†Leyvachelys cipadi Cadena 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available