Chelydropsis murchisoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cryptodira

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: Chelydroidea
Familia: Chelydridae
Genus: Chelydropsis
Species: Chelydropsis murchisoni

Name

• Chelydropsis murchisoni Bell 1836
  • Holotype: BMNH 37204
  • Type locality: Öhningen (= Oeningen or Oehningen), Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Synonyms

• Chelydra murchisoni (Bell 1836)
  • Chelydropsis carinata Peters 1868
  • Trionyx sansaniensis Bergounioux 1935
  • Chelydra allingensis Fuchs 1939
  • Macrocephalochelys pontica Pidoplichko and Tarashchuk 1960
  • Chelydropsis murchisoni Broin 1977
  • Chelydropsis murchisoni staeschei Mlynarski 1980

References

• Bell, T. 1836. Zoological observations on a new fossil species of Chelydra, from Œningen. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 4:379–381.
• Walter G. Joyce. 2016. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Chelydridae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57(1):21–56.