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Santanachelys gaffneyi

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Taxonomy
Santanachelys gaffneyi was named by Hirayama (1998). Its type specimen is THUg1386, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Santanachelys gaffneyi Hirayama
2007Santanachelys gaffneyi Oliveira and Romano
2008Santanachelys gaffneyi Danilov and Parham
2013Santanachelys gaffneyi Pérez-García and Murelaga
2014Santanachelys gaffneyi Perea et al.
2014Santanachelys gaffneyi Puntener et al.

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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
familyProtostegidaeCope 1873
genusSantanachelys
speciesgaffneyi

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.

†Santanachelys gaffneyi Hirayama 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available