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Bryochelys

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Bryochelys is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cheloniidae by Berry and Lynn (1936); to Syllominae by Weems (1988); and to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Bryochelys Berry and Lynn p. 189
1988Bryochelys Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
2002Bryochelys Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilySyllominae
genusBryochelys

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.

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Bryochelys waterkeyni Van Beneden 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium (Antwerpen) B. waterkeyni (52047)