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Desmatochelys lowii
Taxonomy
Desmatochelys lowii was named by Williston (1894). Its type specimen is KUVP 1200, a partial skeleton (Skull, some limb bones and parts of the shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Fairbury (Desmatochelys type locality), which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in the Benton Shale Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Desmatochelys.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Desmatochelys lowii Williston 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 93.50000 to 83.50000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cretaceous | USA (Nebraska) | Desmatochelys lowii (type locality: 191693) | |
| Turonian | USA (South Dakota) | Desmatochelys lowi (181902) | |
| Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Desmatochelys lowi (102879) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Arizona) | Desmatochelys lowi (55986) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (British Columbia) | Desmatochelys lowi (27727 27728) | |
| Campanian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Desmatochelys lowii (201737) |