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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
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Chelonioidea

Familia: Dermochelyidae
Genus: †Maorichelys
Species (1): M. wiffenae
Name

Maorichelys Karl & Tichy, 2007
Incorrect subsequent spelling: Maoriochelys: Grant-Mackie, Hill & Gill, 2011: 191 (appendix 1)

References

Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Hill, J.; Gill, B.J. 2011: Two Eocene chelonioid turtles from Northland, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 54(2): 181–194. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2010.520325
Karl, H.-V.; Tichy, G. 2007: Maorichelys wiffeni n. gen. n. sp., a new sea turtle from the Eocene of New Zealand (Chelonii: Dermochelyidae). Studia geologica salmanticensia, 43(1): 11–24. PDF

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