Taquetochelys decorata

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Pelomedusoidea 

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: Pan-Pleurodira
Subordo: Pleurodira
Superfamilia: Pelomedusoidea

Familia: †Araripemydidae
Genus: Taquetochelys
Species: Taquetochelys decorata

Name

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  • Taquetochelys decorata de Broin 1980
    • Type locality: Gadoufaoua (general), which is in an Aptian terrestrial sandstone in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
    • Holotype: MNHN-GDF 847

Synonymy

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  • Taquetochelys decorata de Broin 1980
    • Laganemys tenerensis Sereno & ElShafie. 2013

References

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  • F. de Broin. 1980. Les tortues de Gadoufaoua (Aptien du Niger); aperçu sur la Paléobiogéographie des Pelomedusidae (Pleurodira). Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 139:39-46.
  • P.C. Sereno and S.J. ElShafie. 2013. A New Long-Necked Turtle, Laganemys tenerensis (Pleurodira: Araripemydidae), from the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian–Albian) of Niger. In D.B. Brinkman, P.A. Holroyd, J.D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 215-250