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Trachyaspis

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Trachyaspis was named by von Meyer (1843). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dermatemydidae by Lydekker (1889) and Carroll (1988); and to Cheloniidae by Weems (1974) and Weems (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Trachyaspis von Meyer
1889Trachyaspis Lydekker pp. 129-130
1891Trionyx melitensis Lydekker
1974Trachyaspis Weems
1988Trachyaspis Carroll
2023Trachyaspis Weems

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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
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
genusTrachyaspisvon Meyer 1843

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. †Trachyaspis von Meyer 1843
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†Trachyaspis aegyptiaca Lydekker 1889
†Trachyaspis hantoniensis Lydekker 1889
†Trachyaspis lardyi Meyer 1873
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Invalid names: Testudo varicosa Costa 1851 [synonym], Trionyx bellunensis Misuri 1911 [synonym]
Invalid names: Trionyx melitensis Lydekker 1891 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available