GRANT COUNTY
ROSE QUARRY
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960
SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758
COHORT: CASICHELYDIA emend GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MAGANORDER: CRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
SUPERORDER: SELMACRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY, HUTCHISON, JENKINS & MEEKR, 1987
GRANDORDER: DAIOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MICRORDER: CENTROCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
ORDER: POLYCRPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
SUBORDER: PROCOELOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
INFRAORDER: CHELONOIDEA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
Superfamily: EUCHELONIOIDEA Gaffney & Meylan, 1988
Family: DESMATOCHELIDAE Williston, 1894
Desmatochelys sp
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN, 1860
PARVORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
Superfamily: PLIOSAUROIDEA Seeley, 1874
Family: BRACHAUCHNEIIDAE Williston, 1925
Cf Brachauchenius sp
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SOUTH DAKOTA
GRANT COUNTY
OVERBURDEN ON TOP OF DAKOTA ROSE GRANITE QUARRY
BENTON FORMATION
TURONIAN STAGE
UPPER GALLIC FORMATION
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960
SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758
COHORT: CASICHELYDIA emend GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MAGANORDER: CRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
SUPERORDER: SELMACRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY, HUTCHISON, JENKINS & MEEKR, 1987
GRANDORDER: DAIOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MICRORDER: CENTROCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
ORDER: POLYCRPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
SUBORDER: PROCOELOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
INFRAORDER: CHELONOIDEA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
Superfamily: EUCHELONIOIDEA Gaffney & Meylan, 1988
Family: DESMATOCHELIDAE Williston, 1894
Desmatochelys lowii
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