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Santanachelys gaffneyi
Taxonomy
Santanachelys gaffneyi was named by Hirayama (1998). Its type specimen is THUg1386, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Santanachelys gaffneyi Hirayama |
| 2007 | Santanachelys gaffneyi Oliveira and Romano |
| 2008 | Santanachelys gaffneyi Danilov and Parham |
| 2013 | Santanachelys gaffneyi Pérez-García and Murelaga |
| 2014 | Santanachelys gaffneyi Perea et al. |
| 2014 | Santanachelys gaffneyi Puntener et al. |
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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.
†Santanachelys gaffneyi Hirayama 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Santanachelys gaffneyi (type locality: 67712) |