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Pacifichelys urbinai
Taxonomy
Pacifichelys urbinai was named by Parham and Pyenson (2010). Its type specimen is UNMSM 1447, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Colorado (Pisco, Tortonian), which is in a Tortonian marine horizon in the Pisco Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Pacifichelys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Pacifichelys urbinai Parham and Pyenson p. 235 figs. 5-8 |
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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.
†Pacifichelys urbinai Parham and Pyenson 2010
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||