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Mesochersus

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Discussion

Etymology: Genus, from the Greek: Meso, by allusion for the size of the tortoise, and chersos, earth, continental.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Mesochersus de Lapparent de Broin
2018Mesochersus Vlachos and Rabi p. 663

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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
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
genusMesochersus

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. †Mesochersus de Lapparent de Broin 2003
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Mesochersus orangeus de Lapparent de Broin 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available