Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Division: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira
Subordo: Pleurodira
Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelinae
Genus: Chelus
Species: †Chelus lewisi

Name

  • Chelus lewisi Wood 1976:6
    • Type locality: Urumaco Formation, from several localities in the vicinity of the town of Urumaco, northwestern Falcon, Venezuela.
    • Holotype: MCNC 239

Synonyms

  • Colossoemys macrococcygeana Barbosa Rodrigues 1892:44 nomen dubium as per de Oliveira, G. O. and Romano, P. S. 2007 Holotype lost, Miocene, Solimões, Peru (Loreto)
  • Emys quaternaria Barbosa Rodrigues 1892 nomen dubium de Oliveira, G. O. and Romano, P. S. 2007 Holotype lost, from Miocene, Solimões, Acre, Brazil
  • Chelus lewisi Wood 1976:6 nomen protectum

References

  • Wood, R.C. 1976. Two new species of Chelus (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the Late Tertiary of northern South America. Breviora 435:1–26.
  • de Oliveira, G. O. and Romano, P. S. 2007. Histórico dos achados de tartarugas fósseis do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65(1):113-133.
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