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Eosphargis breineri

Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae

Taxonomy
Eosphargis breineri was named by Nielsen (1959). Its type specimen is Nederby Museum (number not provided), a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Knude Klint, Fur, Eosphargis breineri type locality, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the Mo Clay Formation of Denmark.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Eosphargis breineri Nielsen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyDermochelyidaeLydekker 1889
genusEosphargisLydekker 1889
speciesbreineri

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.

†Eosphargis breineri Nielsen 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available