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Prionochelys matutina
Taxonomy
Prionochelys matutina was named by Zangerl (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM P27561, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moore Brothers Farm, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in Alabama.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1953 | Prionochelys matutina Zangerl pp. 254-258 figs. Figs. 114, 118-120 |
1953 | Prionochelys galeotergum Zangerl p. 258 figs. Fig. 122 |
1981 | Prionochelys matutina Thurmond and Jones p. 133 |
2018 | Prionochelys matutina Gentry |
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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.
†Prionochelys matutina Zangerl 1953
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Invalid names: Prionochelys galeotergum Zangerl 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. D. Gentry 2018 | MCL 90100 cm. Specimens can be diagnosed as Prionochelys
matutina based on the presence of a pair of epineurals between neurals 45, the loss of a cervical keel elevation, and the sharply crested, posteriorly oriented apex of the episuprapygal. |
Measurements
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Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Turonian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Prionochelys galeotergum (38720) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Prionochelys matutina (type locality: 81927) | |
Middle Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Prionochelys matutina (197317) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Prionochelys matutina (197308 197309 197310 197311 197312 197313 197314 197315 197316) |