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Eosphargis
Taxonomy
Eosphargis was named by Lydekker (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Allopleuroninae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dermochelyidae by Lydekker (1889), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Joyce et al. (2004) and Weems (2014).
It was assigned to Allopleuroninae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dermochelyidae by Lydekker (1889), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Joyce et al. (2004) and Weems (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Eosphargis Lydekker |
| 1963 | Anglocetus Tarlo p. 320 |
| 1967 | Anglocetus Harland et al. p. 774 |
| 1972 | Anglocetus Sahni and Mishra p. 491 |
| 1973 | Anglocetus Romero-Herrera et al. p. 391 |
| 1988 | Eosphargis Carroll |
| 1988 | Eosphargis Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 1995 | Eosphargis Hirayama p. 282 |
| 2002 | Eosphargis Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Eosphargis Joyce et al. |
| 2014 | Eosphargis Weems |
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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. †Eosphargis Lydekker 1889
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†Eosphargis breineri Nielsen 1959
†Eosphargis insularis Cope 1872
Invalid names: Anglocetus Tarlo 1963 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available