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Condorchelys antiqua

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Condorchelys antiqua was named by Sterli (2008). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV1152, a partial skull (basicranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Queso Rallado, near Cerro Cóndor, which is in a Toarcian/Toarcian lacustrine mudstone in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Condorchelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Condorchelys antiqua Sterli p. 286
2010Condorchelys antiqua Sterli and de la Fuente
2013Condorchelys antiqua Pérez-García and Murelaga
2014Condorchelys antiqua Perea et al.
2014Condorchelys antiqua de la Fuente et al.
2017Condorchelys antiqua Joyce
2019Condorchelys antiqua Sterli et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Mesochelydia
genusCondorchelys
speciesantiqua

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.

Condorchelys antiqua Sterli 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 182.00000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3Argentina (Chubut) Condorchelys antiqua (208378)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Argentina (Chubut) Condorchelys antiqua (109131)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Argentina (Chubut) Condorchelys antiqua (type locality: 67434)