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Craspedochelys

Reptilia - Plesiochelyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Emys dollfusii Lennier
1873Craspedochelys Rütimeyer p. 86
1937Plesiochelys normandica Bergounioux
1965Craspedochelys Bräm p. 135
1988Craspedochelys Carroll
1996Thalassemys dollfusii Lapparent de Broin et al. p. 536
1996Craspedochelys Lapparent de Broin et al. p. 557
2014Craspedochelys Anquetin et al.
2017Craspedochelys Anquetin et al.
2017Craspedochelys Perez-Garcia et al.
2021Craspedochelys Madzia et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Thalassochelydia
familyPlesiochelyidaeRütimeyer 1873
genusCraspedochelys

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. †Craspedochelys Rütimeyer 1873
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Craspedochelys jaccardi Pictet 1860
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Invalid names: Plesiochelys choffati Sauvage 1898 [synonym]
Craspedochelys passmorei Andrews 1921
Craspedochelys picteti Rütimeyer 1873
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Invalid names: Craspedochelys crassa Rütimeyer 1873 [synonym]
Invalid names: Emys dollfusii Lennier 1870 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Anquetin et al. 2017Craspedochelys can be diagnosed as a “plesiochelyid” by the full list of shell characters provided for that taxon above: presence of a high dorsum sellae that does not overhang the sellae turcica, the placement of the foramina anterius canalis carotici cerebralis more anterior than the level of the dorsum sellae, the exclusion of the epipterygoid from the anterior margin of the foramen nervi trigemini (also in Jurassichelon oleronensis), a relatively large size (carapace length 400 to 550 mm), the lack of carapacial fontanelles in adults, an osseous bridge, and, at most, a central plastral fontanelle.