Mesodermochelys undulatus

Mesodermochelys undulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelonioidea

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 Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Chelonioidea

Familia: Dermochelyidae
Genus: †Mesodermochelys
Species: †Mesodermochelys undulatus

Name

Mesodermochelys undulatus Hirayama & Chitoku, 1996

Type locality: "Shirafunenosawa River, Inasato, Hobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan".

Holotype: HMG 5

Etymology: "From the Latin for the undulating medial border of the peripheral plates" [Hirayama & Chitoku, 1996: 599]

References

Primary references

• Hirayama, R. & Chitoku, T. 1996. Family Dermochelyidae (Superfamily Chelonioidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Japan. Transactions and proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 184: 597–622. DOI: 10.14825/prpsj1951.1996.184_597 Reference page. 

Links

• Mesodermochelys undulatus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.