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Name - Santanachelys gaffneyi Hirayama 1998

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1307049 [metadata]

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
Reptilia (Class)
Anapsida (Subclass)
Testudines (Order)
Cryptodira (Suborder)
Protostegidae (Family)

References

Original Description Reference

  • Oldest known sea turtle. Nature (London), 392(6677), 16 April 1998: 705-708. [Zoological Record Volume 134]

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Zoological Record

Recent Publications

  • Oldest known sea turtle.
  • A forged 'chimera' including the second specimen of the protostegid sea turtle Santanachelysgaffneyi and shell parts of the pleurodire Araripemys from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Group of Brazil.

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Encyclopedia of Life

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