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Neptunochelys
Taxonomy
Neptunochelys was named by Wieland (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: K u]. Its type is Platecarpus tuberosus.
It was assigned to Protostegidae by Hay (1902); to Desmatochelyidae by Hay (1930); and to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Protostegidae by Hay (1902); to Desmatochelyidae by Hay (1930); and to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Mississippi) | Platecarpus tuberosus (98972) |