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Niolamia
Taxonomy
Niolamia was named by Ameghino (1899).
It was assigned to Testudinata by Pérez-García and Murelaga (2013); and to Meiolaniidae by Carroll (1988), Gaffney (1996), Sterli and de la Fuente (2011), Anquetin (2012), Sterli and de la Fuente (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), Sterli (2015) and Sterli et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Testudinata by Pérez-García and Murelaga (2013); and to Meiolaniidae by Carroll (1988), Gaffney (1996), Sterli and de la Fuente (2011), Anquetin (2012), Sterli and de la Fuente (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), Sterli (2015) and Sterli et al. (2015).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1899 | Niolamia Ameghino p. 10 |
1937 | Crossochelys Simpson |
1988 | Crossochelys Carroll |
1988 | Niolamia Carroll |
1996 | Niolamia Gaffney |
2011 | Niolamia Sterli and de la Fuente |
2012 | Niolamia Anquetin p. 34 fig. 10 |
2013 | Niolamia Pérez-García and Murelaga |
2013 | Niolamia Sterli and de la Fuente |
2014 | Niolamia de la Fuente et al. |
2015 | Niolamia Sterli |
2015 | Niolamia Sterli et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. Sterli 2015 | Niolamia argentina can be diagnosed as a meiolaniid by the full list of characters provided for the clade, with the exception of the presence of a tail club |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Sterli 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Casamayoran or 48.60000 to 48.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Casamayoran | Argentina (Chubut) | Crossochelys corniger (39295) | |
Middle Eocene | Argentina (Chubut) | N. argentina (185027) |