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Glyptopsidae (disused)
Taxonomy
Glyptopsidae was named by Marsh (1890).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pleurosternidae by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Cryptodira by Gaffney (1979); and to Baenoidea by Ostrom (1970), Gaffney (1975) and Carroll (1988).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pleurosternidae by Hay (1930).
It was assigned to Cryptodira by Gaffney (1979); and to Baenoidea by Ostrom (1970), Gaffney (1975) and Carroll (1988).
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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.
Fm. †Glyptopsidae Marsh 1890
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Diagnosis
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E. S. Gaffney 1979 | Casichelydian turtles (see Gaffney, 1975) having as their sole unique feature an elongate basisphenoid extending the length of and completely separating the pterygoids; skull relatively long and narrow; nasals pesent; well-developed prefrontal lappets not meeting medially; posterior temporal emargination poorly developed in comparison to Baenidae and most Eucryptodira, well-developed parietal-squamosal contact; foramen posterius canalis carotici interni formed by in close proximity to the pterygoid suture; epipterygoid present and well developed; cervical vertebrae amphicoelus. |
Measurements
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Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 |
Collections
No collection or age range data are available