Allaeochelys crassesculpta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea

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: Trionychoidea

Familia: Carettochelyidae
Subfamilia: Carettochelyinae
Genus: Allaeochelys
Species: Allaeochelys crassesculpta

Name

• Allaeochelys crassesculpta Harrassowitz 1922
  • Holotype: HLMD 1461, nearly complete skeleton.
  • Type locality: Messel Pit, near the village of Messel, State of Hesse, Germany

Synonymy

• Anosteira crassesculpta Harrassowitz 1922
  • Anosteira gracilis Gramann 1956
  • Allaeochelys crassesculpta Nessov 1976 (new combination)
  • Allaeochelys parayrei Karl and Müller 2008
  • Castresia munieri Karl and Müller 2008
  • Allaeochelys nouleti Karl and Müller 2008
  • Anosteira gracilis Karl and Müller 2008

References

• Harrassowitz, H. 1922. Die Schildkrötengattung Anosteira von Messel bei Darmstadt und ihre stammesgeschichtliche Bedeutung. Abhandlungen der Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 6:132–239.
• Joyce, WG 2014. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Carettochelys. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 55(1):3-33