Santanachelys

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

Familia: †Protostegidae
Genus: Santanachelys
Species (1): S. gaffneyi
Name

Santanachelys Hirayama, 1998

References

Cadena, E.A. 2011: First record of eucryptodiran turtles from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), at the northernmost part of South America. South American journal of herpetology, 6(1): 49‑53. DOI: 10.2994/057.006.0107 PDF
Hirayama, R. 1998: Oldest known sea turtle. Nature, 392(6677): 705–708. DOI: 10.1038/33669 PDF

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