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Metachelydia (disused)

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Metachelydia was named by Zangerl (1969).

It was assigned to Chelonia by Khosatzky and Mlynarski (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Metachelydia Zangerl
1971Metachelydia Khosatzky and Mlynarski p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderMetachelydiaZangerl 1969
suborderMetachelydiaZangerl 1969

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.

Subor. †Metachelydia Zangerl 1969
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Diagnosis
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