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Eosphargis

Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae

Taxonomy
Eosphargis was named by Lydekker (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Allopleuroninae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dermochelyidae by Lydekker (1889), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Joyce et al. (2004) and Weems (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Eosphargis Lydekker
1963Anglocetus Tarlo pp. 320-321 fig. 1
1967Anglocetus Harland et al. p. 774
1972Anglocetus Sahni and Mishra p. 491
1973Anglocetus Romero-Herrera et al. p. 391
1988Eosphargis Carroll
1988Eosphargis Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
1995Eosphargis Hirayama p. 282
2002Eosphargis Sepkoski
2004Eosphargis Joyce et al.
2014Eosphargis 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
familyDermochelyidaeLydekker 1889
genusEosphargisLydekker 1889

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. †Eosphargis Lydekker 1889
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Eosphargis breineri Nielsen 1959
Eosphargis gigas Owen 1880
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Invalid names: Anglocetus beatsoni Tarlo 1963 [synonym]
Eosphargis insularis Cope 1872
Invalid names: Anglocetus Tarlo 1963 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available