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Helochelys

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Helochelys was named by von Meyer (1854). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Helochelydrinae by Kuhn (1966); to Pleurosternidae by Carroll (1988); to Solemydidae by Joyce et al. (2011); and to Helochelydridae by Joyce (2017).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Helochelys von Meyer
1966Helochelys Kuhn p. 25
1988Helochelys Carroll
2011Helochelys Joyce et al. p. 81
2017Helochelys Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Helochelydridae()
genusHelochelysvon Meyer 1854

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. †Helochelys von Meyer 1854
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Helochelys danubina von Meyer 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) H. danubina (94210)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany H. danubina (138006)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Solemydidae indet. (65421 77229 77230 77231 77232 77233)