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Lindholmemys ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4817530	https://www.gbif.org/species/4817530
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37659	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37659

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Dermatemydidae : Lindholmemys

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Lindholmemydidae : Lindholmemys

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
-	Testudinata
order	Testudines	Batsch 1788
suborder	Cryptodira	Cope 1868
-	Pantestudinoidea	Joyce et al. 2004
superfamily	Testudinoidea	Gray 1825
family	Lindholmemydidae	Chkhikvadze 1970
genus	Lindholmemys	Riabinin 1935

Scientific Name

Lindholmemys Riabinin, 1935

Name Published In

Trav. Inst. paléozool. Acad. Sci. U. R. S. S., 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lindholmemys	genus	belongs to Lindholmemydinae	stated without evidence	Nessov, 1984
Lindholmemys	genus	belongs to Lindholmemydinae	stated with evidence	Nessov, 1986
Lindholmemys	genus	belongs to Dermatemydidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Lindholmemys	genus	belongs to Lindholmemydidae	stated without evidence	Sukhanov, 2000
Lindholmemys	genus	belongs to Testudinoidea	stated with evidence	Joyce et al., 2004
Lindholmemys	genus	belongs to Lindholmemydidae	stated with evidence	Cadena et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 90 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

85.8 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

freshwater (based on Cryptodira)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Cryptodira)

Reproduction

oviparous (based on Cryptodira)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lindholmemys elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lindholmemys gravis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lindholmemys martinsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1935	Lindholmemys Riabinin
1984	Lindholmemys Nessov p. 218
1986	Lindholmemys Nessov p. 9
1988	Lindholmemys Carroll
2000	Lindholmemys Sukhanov p. 349
2001	Lindholmemys Danilov and Sukhanov p. 125
2004	Lindholmemys Joyce et al.
2013	Lindholmemys Cadena et al.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Nessov L. A. (1984) Data on late Mesozoic turtles from the USSR, Studia Geologica Salamanticensia, vol. especial 1 (Studia Palaeocheloniologica I) 1, 215-223

Nessov L. A. (1986) Some late Mesozoic and Paleocene turtles of Soviet middle Asia, Studia Geologie Salamanticensia, Volume Especial 1: Studia Palaecheloniologica 2 1, 7-22

Sukhanov V. B. (2000) Mesozoic turtles of Middle and Central Asia, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, 309-367

Danilov I. G., Sukhanov V. B. (2001) New data on the lindholmemydid turtle Lindholmemys from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 1, 125-131

Joyce W. G., Parham J. F., et al (2004) Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplified by turtles, Journal of Paleontology 78 5, 989-1013

Cadena E. A., Ksepka D. T., et al (2013) New material of Mongolemys elegans Khosatzky and Mlynarski, 1971 (Testudines: Lindholmemydidae), from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia with comments on bone histology and phylogeny, American Museum Novitates 3766, 1-28

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

original publication/web search (AJR). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Trav. Inst. paléozool. Acad. Sci. U. R. S. S., 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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