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Plesiochelydiae (disused)

Reptilia - Testudines - Plesiochelydiae

Taxonomy
Plesiochelydiae is a family. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cryptodira by Joyce et al. (2004); and to Testudines by Anquetin (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Plesiochelydiae Joyce et al.
2012Plesiochelydiae Anquetin p. 28 fig. 10

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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
familyPlesiochelydiae
familyPlesiochelydiae

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available