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Chelyopsis

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Chelyopsis was named by Smets (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cheloniidae by Berry and Lynn (1936); and to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Chelyopsis Smets
1936Chelyopsis Berry and Lynn p. 189
2002Chelyopsis Sepkoski

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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
genusChelyopsisSmets 1887

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.

G. †Chelyopsis Smets 1887
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Chelyopsis halleri Karl 1989
Chelyopsis holsaticus Dames 1894
Chelyopsis littoreus Van Beneden 1886
Chelyopsis raabei Karl and Schleich 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available