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Chelichnus
Taxonomy
Chelichnus was named by Jardine (1850). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Testudo duncani. It is the type genus of Chelichnopodidae.
It was assigned to Testudinata by Jardine (1850); to Caseidae by Haubold (1971); to Pelycosauria by Haubold (1974); and to Chelichnopodidae by Lockley (2011).
It was assigned to Testudinata by Jardine (1850); to Caseidae by Haubold (1971); to Pelycosauria by Haubold (1974); and to Chelichnopodidae by Lockley (2011).
Synonyms
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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.
G. †Chelichnus Jardine 1850
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†Chelichnus ambiguum Jardine 1853
†Chelichnus bucklandi Jardine 1850
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Invalid names: Herpetichnus sauroplesius Jardine 1850 [synonym]
†Chelichnus duncani Owen 1842
†Chelichnus gigas Jardine 1850
†Chelichnus hicklingi Nopsca 1923
†Chelichnus ingens Binney 1856
†Chelichnus megacheirus Huxley 1859
†Chelichnus obliquus Harkness 1851
†Chelichnus plancus Harkness 1851
†Chelichnus pricei Delair 1966
†Chelichnus titan Jardine 1853
†Chelichnus tripodizon Schmidt 1959
†Chelichnus wymanianus Lea 1856
Invalid names: Herpetichnus Jardine 1850 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Cisuralian to the top of the Norian or 298.90000 to 208.50000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cisuralian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Testudo duncani, C. gigas, Herpetichnus sauroplesius, Herpetichnus bucklandi, C. titan (174685) | |
| Permian | United Kingdom (Nottinghamshire) | C. hicklingi (197345) | |
| Capitanian - Wuchiapingian | Brazil (São Paulo) | C. sp. (197298) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | C. duncani (197230) | |
| Carnian - Norian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | C. megacheirus (197333) |