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Syllomus

Description

Syllomus is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Miocene-age deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard and Egypt.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4818788https://www.gbif.org/species/4818788
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36373https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36373
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Cheloniidae : Syllomus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
-PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
superfamilyChelonioideaBaur 1893
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
genusSyllomusCope 1896
Scientific NameSyllomus Cope, 1896
Name Published InProc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 35
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Syllomusgenusbelongs to Cheloniidaestated without evidenceCope, 1896
Syllomusgenusbelongs to Thalassemydidaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Syllomusgenusbelongs to Cheloniidaestated without evidenceBerry and Lynn, 1936
Syllomusgenusbelongs to CheloniidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Syllomusgenusbelongs to Syllominaestated without evidenceWeems, 1988
Syllomusgenusbelongs to Cheloniidaestated without evidenceHirayama, 1995
Syllomusgenusbelongs to Cheloniasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Syllomusgenusbelongs to Cheloniidaestated without evidenceHastings and Dooley, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Environmentmarine (based on Chelonioidea)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllomus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Syllomus aegyptiacus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1116.0 Ma
Miocene
5.33 Ma
Miocene
Syllomus crispatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
320.4 Ma
Miocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1896Syllomus Cope p. 139
1902Syllomus Hay p. 442
1936Syllomus Berry and Lynn p. 187
1988Syllomus Carroll
1988Syllomus Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
1995Syllomus Hirayama p. 282
2001Syllomus Zug p. 213
2002Syllomus Sepkoski, Jr.
2017Syllomus Hastings and Dooley p. 83

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Berry C. T., Lynn W. G. (1936) A new turtle, Peritresius virginianus, from the Miocene of Virginia, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 76 2, 175-190
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Weems R. E. (1988) Paleocene turtles from the Aquia and Brightseat Formations, with a discussion of their bearing on sea turtle evolution and phylogeny, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101 1, 109-145
Zug G. R. (2001) Turtles of the Lee Creek Mine (Pliocene: North Carolina), Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90, 203-218
Hastings A. K., Dooley A. C. (2017) Fossil-collecting from the middle Miocene Carmel Church Quarry marine ecosystem in Caroline County, Virginia, The Geological Society of America Field Guide 47, 77-88 doi:10.1130/2017.0047(03)
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 35 - 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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