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Mesodermochelys undulatus
Taxonomy
Mesodermochelys undulatus was named by Hirayama and Chitoku (1996). Its type specimen is HMG 5, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shirafunenosawa River, Inasato (Locality 1), which is in a Maastrichtian marine siltstone in the Hakobuchi Formation of Japan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1996 | Mesodermochelys undulatus Hirayama and Chitoku p. 599 figs. 2-17 |
| 1998 | Mesodermochelys undulatus Hirayama and Hikida p. 72 |
| 2007 | Mesodermochelys undulatus Hirayama p. 146 |
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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.
†Mesodermochelys undulatus Hirayama and Chitoku 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Campanian | Japan (Hokkaido) | Mesodermochelys undulatus (152095) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Japan (Hokkaido) | Mesodermochelys undulatus (type locality: 129271 129272 129273 129274 129275 129276 129277 129278) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Japan (Hyogo) | Mesodermochelys undulatus (176812) |