Chelus lewisi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

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: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelinae
Genus: Chelus
Species: †Chelus lewisi

Name

Chelus lewisi Wood, 1976: 6

• Type locality: Urumaco Formation, from several localities in the vicinity of the town of Urumaco, northwestern Falcon, Venezuela.
• Holotype: MCNC 239.

Synonyms

• Colossoemys macrococcygeana Barbosa Rodrigues 1892:44 nomen dubium as per de Oliveira & Romano 2007
  • Holotype lost, Miocene, Solimões, Peru (Loreto)
• Emys quaternaria Barbosa Rodrigues 1892 nomen dubium de Oliveira & Romano 2007
  • Holotype lost, from Miocene, Solimões, Acre, Brazil
• Chelus lewisi Wood 1976: 6, nomen protectum

References

• Wood, R.C. 1976. Two new species of Chelus (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the Late Tertiary of northern South America. Breviora 435: 1–26. BHL Reference page. 
• de Oliveira, G.R. & Romano, P.S.R. 2007. Histórico dos achados de tartarugas fósseis do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(1): 113–133. Online Reference page. 
• ZooBank: 54F12C9D-733B-47DD-8212-FC1AB6DB389A