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Denverus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4818904https://www.gbif.org/species/4818904
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)113506https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=113506
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae : Denverus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Panchelydridae : Denverus
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
suborderCryptodiraCope 1868
-Chelydroidea
-PanchelydridaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusDenverusHutchison & Holroyd 2003
Scientific NameDenverus Hutchison & Holroyd, 2003
Name Published InRocky Mt Geol 38 (1), Spring
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Denverusgenusbelongs to Chelydridaestated with evidenceHutchison and Holroyd, 2003
Denverusgenusbelongs to Protochelydrinaestated with evidenceHutchison, 2008
Denverusgenusbelongs to Panchelydridaestated with evidenceJoyce, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentfreshwater (based on Cryptodira)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Cryptodira)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Cryptodira)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Denverus middletoni ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		266.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Denverus Hutchison and Holroyd
2008Denverus Hutchison
2016Denverus Joyce

References

Hutchison J. H., Holroyd P. A. (2003) Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Geology 38 1, 121-142
Hutchison J. H. (2008) History of fossil Chelydridae, Biology of the Snapping Turtle, 14-30
Joyce W. G. (2016) A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Chelydridae, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57 1, 21-56 doi:10.3374/014.057.0103
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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Rocky Mt Geol 38 (1), Spring - 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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