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Australochelys
Taxonomy
Australochelys was named by Gaffney and Kitching (1994).
It was assigned to Testudines by Joyce et al. (2004); to Australochelyidae by Gaffney and Kitching (1994), Rougier et al. (1995), Gaffney and Kitching (1995) and de la Fuente et al. (2014); and to Testudinata by Joyce (2007), Danilov and Parham (2008), Anquetin (2012), Pérez-García and Murelaga (2013) and Joyce (2017).
It was assigned to Testudines by Joyce et al. (2004); to Australochelyidae by Gaffney and Kitching (1994), Rougier et al. (1995), Gaffney and Kitching (1995) and de la Fuente et al. (2014); and to Testudinata by Joyce (2007), Danilov and Parham (2008), Anquetin (2012), Pérez-García and Murelaga (2013) and Joyce (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1994 | Australochelys Gaffney and Kitching |
| 1995 | Australochelys Gaffney and Kitching |
| 1995 | Australochelys Rougier et al. |
| 2004 | Australochelys Joyce et al. |
| 2007 | Australochelys Joyce |
| 2008 | Australochelys Danilov and Parham |
| 2012 | Australochelys Anquetin p. 34 fig. 10 |
| 2013 | Australochelys Pérez-García and Murelaga |
| 2014 | Australochelys de la Fuente et al. |
| 2017 | Australochelys Joyce |
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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. †Australochelys Gaffney and Kitching 1994
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†Australochelys africanus Gaffney and Kitching 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hettangian - Sinemurian | South Africa (Free State) | Chelonia indet. (101830) |