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Hutchemys sterea

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Derrisemys sterea was named by Hutchison (2009). Its type specimen is UCMP 130000, a partial skeleton (nearly complete carapace and plastron, partial scapula, coracoid and pelvis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V84153, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Hutchemys sterea by Vitek and Joyce (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Derrisemys sterea Hutchison p. 38 figs. 2-9
2015Hutchemys sterea Vitek and Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
suborderTrionychia
—PantrionychidaeJoyce et al. 2004
—Plastomenidae()
—Plastomenini
genusHutchemys
speciessterea()

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.

†Hutchemys sterea Hutchison 2009
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Diagnosis
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