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Corsochelys bentleyi
Taxonomy
Corsochelys bentleyi was named by Schwimmer et al. (2015). Its type specimen is SCSM 2005.25.3, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burches Ferry (upper), which is in a Campanian/Campanian marine sandstone in the Donoho Creek Formation of South Carolina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Corsochelys bentleyi Schwimmer et al. p. 58–62 |
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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.
†Corsochelys bentleyi Schwimmer et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Corsochelys bentleyi (180790) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Corsochelys bentleyi (type locality: 79363) |