Pelochelys cantorii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea 

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
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Trionychoidea

Familia: Trionychidae
Subfamilia: Trionychinae
Genus: Pelochelys
Species: Pelochelys cantorii

Name

Pelochelys cantorii Gray, 1864

  • Type: BMNH (holotype), "Malacca" (= Melaka, 02º 12'N; 102º 15'E; in West Malaysia).
  • Etymology: named after the Danish physician, zoologist and botanist Theodore Edward Cantor, who first described this species.

Synonyms

  • Pelochelys cantoris Boulenger, 1889 (nomen subst. pro P. cantorii)
  • Pelochelys cantoris Baur, 1891: 446
  • Pelochelys cantori De Rooij, 1915: 331
  • Pelochelys cantorii Cox et al., 1998: 136
  • Pelochelys cantorii McCord & Joseph-ouni, 2003

References

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