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Dorsetochelys
Taxonomy
Dorsetochelys was named by Evans and Kemp (1976).
It was assigned to Baenoidea by Evans and Kemp (1976); to Baenidae by Carroll (1988) and Bakker (1998); to Eucryptodira by Milner (2004); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Pancryptodira by Pérez-García and Ortega (2011); to Paracryptodira by Pérez-García (2012); to Testudinata by Perea et al. (2014); to Testudines by Joyce (2007), Pérez-García and Murelaga (2013) and Puntener et al. (2014); and to Pleurosternidae by Lyson and Joyce (2011), Anquetin (2012), Pérez-García (2014), Pérez-García et al. (2015) and Joyce and Anquetin (2019).
It was assigned to Baenoidea by Evans and Kemp (1976); to Baenidae by Carroll (1988) and Bakker (1998); to Eucryptodira by Milner (2004); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Pancryptodira by Pérez-García and Ortega (2011); to Paracryptodira by Pérez-García (2012); to Testudinata by Perea et al. (2014); to Testudines by Joyce (2007), Pérez-García and Murelaga (2013) and Puntener et al. (2014); and to Pleurosternidae by Lyson and Joyce (2011), Anquetin (2012), Pérez-García (2014), Pérez-García et al. (2015) and Joyce and Anquetin (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Dorsetochelys Evans and Kemp p. 318 |
| 1988 | Dorsetochelys Carroll |
| 1998 | Dorsetochelys Bakker p. 70 |
| 1998 | Dorsetochelys buzzops Bakker pp. 70-71 figs. 5-6 |
| 2004 | Dorsetochelys Milner pp. 1463-1464 |
| 2007 | Dorsetochelys Joyce |
| 2009 | Dorsetochelys Anquetin et al. |
| 2011 | Dorsetochelys Lyson and Joyce p. 792 |
| 2011 | Dorsetochelys Pérez-García and Ortega |
| 2012 | Dorsetochelys Anquetin p. 28 fig. 10 |
| 2012 | Dorsetochelys Pérez-García |
| 2013 | Dorsetochelys Pérez-García and Murelaga |
| 2014 | Dorsetochelys Perea et al. |
| 2014 | Dorsetochelys Puntener et al. |
| 2014 | Dorsetochelys Pérez-García |
| 2015 | Dorsetochelys Pérez-García et al. |
| 2019 | Dorsetochelys Joyce and Anquetin |
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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.
G. †Dorsetochelys Evans and Kemp 1976
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†Dorsetochelys typocardium Seeley 1869
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Invalid names: Ballerstedtia bueckebergensis Karl et al. 2012 [synonym], Dorsetochelys delairi Evans and Kemp 1976 [synonym], Thalassemys ruetimeyeri Lydekker 1889 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dorsetochelys buzzops Bakker 1998 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Berriasian or 155.70000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | D. buzzops (231548) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | D. buzzops (28366) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian | Germany (Lower Saxony) | Ballerstedtia bueckebergensis (138141) | |
| Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | D. delairi (127478 129261) Thalassemys ruetimeyeri (92916) | |
| Berriasian | Germany (Lower Saxony) | Peltochelys duchastelli (138299 138300) |