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Eileanchelys waldmani

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Eileanchelys waldmani was named by Anquetin et al. (2009). Its type specimen is NMS G 2004.31.15, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UB 7111, Cladach a'Ghlinne, which is in a Bathonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal marl in the Kilmaluag Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Eileanchelys waldmani Anquetin et al. p. 880 figs. 1-2
2010Eileanchelys waldmani Anquetin
2014Eileanchelys waldmani Perea et al.
2017Eileanchelys waldmani Joyce
2019Eileanchelys waldmanni Evers et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Mesochelydia
genusEileanchelys
specieswaldmani

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eileanchelys waldmani Anquetin et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bathonian or 168.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Eileanchelys waldmani (type locality: 139746)