Gaffneylania auricularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudines

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines

Infraordo: Meiolaniformes
Familia: †Meiolaniidae
Genus: †Gaffneylania
Species: Gaffneylania auricularis

Name

• Gaffneylania auricularis Sterli et al. 1992
  • Type locality: Rocas Gemelas, Cañadón Hondo, south-east Chubut Province, Argentina
  • Holotype: MPEF-PV 10556

Synonymy

• Gaffneylania auricularis Sterli et al. 1992

References

• Sterli, J., de la Fuente, MS, & Krause, JM 2015. A new turtle from the Palaeogene of Patagonia (Argentina) sheds new light on the diversity and evolution of the bizarre clade of horned turtles (Meiolaniidae, Testudinata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2015, 174, 519–548