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Kuhnemys orlovi

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Amyda orlovi was named by Khosatzky (1976). Its type specimen is PIN 557-1/1, a partial shell (incomplete carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bayn Shire (PIN coll. 557) [MPE], which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian fluvial claystone in the Baynshire Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Gobiapalone.

It was recombined as Gobiapalone orlovi by Danilov et al. (2014); it was recombined as Kuhnemys orlovi by Georgalis and Joyce (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Amyda orlovi Khosatzky
2000Amyda orlovi Sukhanov pp. 345-346 fig. 17.27
2014Gobiapalone orlovi Danilov et al.
2017Kuhnemys orlovi Georgalis and Joyce

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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
familyTrionychidaeGray 1825
subfamilyKuhnemydinae
genusKuhnemys
speciesorlovi()

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.

Kuhnemys orlovi Khosatzky 1976
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Diagnosis
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