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Cycloderma debroinae

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Cycloderma debroinae was named by Meylan et al. (1990). Its type specimen is NMK-LT-17200, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lothagam 1, which is in a Messinian/Piacenzian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Lothagam 1 Formation of Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al.
2017Cycloderma debroinae 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
subfamilyCyclanorbinae(Hummel 1929)
genusCycloderma
speciesdebroinae

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.

†Cycloderma debroinae Meylan et al. 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available