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Syllomus

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Syllomus was named by Cope (1896) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 504]. It is not extant. Its type is Syllomus crispatus.

It was assigned to Thalassemydidae by Hay (1902); to Syllominae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheloniidae by Cope (1896), Hay (1930), Berry and Lynn (1936), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Zug (2001) and Hastings and Dooley (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Syllomus Cope p. 139
1902Syllomus Hay p. 442
1930Syllomus Hay p. 80
1936Syllomus Berry and Lynn p. 187
1988Syllomus Carroll
1988Syllomus Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
1995Syllomus Hirayama p. 282
2001Syllomus Zug p. 213
2002Syllomus Sepkoski
2017Syllomus Hastings and Dooley p. 83

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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
genusSyllomusCope 1896

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. †Syllomus Cope 1896
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Syllomus aegyptiacus Lydekker 1899
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Invalid names: Chelonia marylandica Collins and Lynn 1936 [synonym], Peritresius virginianus Berry and Lynn 1936 [synonym]
Syllomus crispatus Cope 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available