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Homopus fenestratus

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Homopus fenestratus was named by Cooper and Broadley (1990). Its type specimen is AM-926, a shell (steikern), and it is a mold. Its type locality is ? Carlisle Bridge, which is in a Neogene terrestrial limestone in South Africa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Homopus fenestratus Cooper and Broadley

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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
genusHomopusDuméril and Bibron 1834
speciesfenestratus

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.

Homopus fenestratus Cooper and Broadley 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. R. Cooper and D. G. Broadley 1990A species of Homopus possessing a subrhomboidal median fontanelle 10 the
plastron at relatively large size, but with no fenestration of the carapace.