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Compsemys victa âśť

Description

Compsemys victa is a species of prehistoric turtles from the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America. Although several species have been described, they are all considered synonyms of one species, C. victa, first described by Joseph Leidy in 1856. Its familial affinities were long considered uncertain, with one author favoring Dermatemydidae, but recent study has placed it in its own family, Compsemydidae, within Paracryptodira.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4965240https://www.gbif.org/species/4965240
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)63644https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63644
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Compsemys victa
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemys : Compsemys victa
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
-ParacryptodiraGaffney 1975
genusCompsemysLeidy 1856
speciesCompsemys victaLeidy 1856
Generic NameCompsemys
Scientific NameCompsemys victa Leidy, 1856
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated without evidenceLeidy, 1856
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated with evidenceEstes, 1964
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated without evidenceEstes and Berberian, 1970
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated with evidenceGaffney, 1972
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to CompsemysimpliedBryant, 1989
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated without evidenceHolroyd and Hutchison, 2002
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated with evidenceHutchison and Holroyd, 2003
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated without evidenceBurger, 2007
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated with evidenceLyson and Joyce, 2011
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated without evidenceHutchison et al., 2013
Compsemys victaspeciesbelongs to Compsemysstated with evidenceLĂłpez-Conde et al., 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance61.7 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Leidy. 1856. Notices of Extinct Vertebrata Discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden, during the Expedition to the Sioux Country under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:311-312
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compsemys_victa

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Emys obscurus (Leidy, 1856)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Emys obscurus
Compsemys parva Hay, 1910GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Compsemys parva
Compsemys vafer Hay, 1910GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Compsemys vafer
Compsemys torrejonensis Gilmore, 1919GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Compsemys torrejonensis
Glyptops depressus Hay, 1908GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Glyptops depressus
Compsemys puercensis Gilmore, 1919GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Compsemys puercensis
Compsemys obscura (Leidy, 1856)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Compsemys obscura

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1856Compsemys victa Leidy p. 312
1856Compsemys victus Leidy p. 312
1857Compsemys victa Leidy p. 90
1860Compsemys victus Leidy p. 152
1902Compsemys victus Hay p. 437
1910Compsemys parva Hay
1910Compsemys vafer Hay
1910Compsemys parva Hay pp. 308-310 figs. fig. 1, pl. 10 figs. 1-3
1910Compsemys vafer Hay pp. 311-313 figs. 2-5
1919Compsemys torrejonensis Gilmore p. 21 figs. Pl. 4:1-2
1919Compsemys puercensis Gilmore p. 198 figs. 1-2
1964Compsemys victa Estes p. 98
YearName and Author
1970Compsemys victa Estes and Berberian p. 5
1972Compsemys victa Gaffney pp. 249, 289 fig. 37
1976Compsemys victa Estes p. 507
1989Compsemys victa Bryant p. 41
2002Compsemys victa Holroyd and Hutchison p. 181
2003Compsemys victa Hutchison and Holroyd
2007Compsemys victa Burger p. 144
2011Compsemys victa Lyson and Joyce p. 790 figs. 1-2
2013Compsemys victa Hutchison et al.
2018Compsemys victa LĂłpez-Conde et al.
2019Compsemys victa Joyce and Anquetin

References

Leidy J. Notices of Extinct Vertebrata Discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden, during the Expedition to the Sioux Country under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8, 311-312
Leidy J. Extinct vertebrates from the Judith River and Great Lignite Formations of Nebraska, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 11, 139-154
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Gilmore C. W. (1919) Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 119, 1-68
Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187
Estes R., Berberian P. (1970) Paleoecology of a Late Cretaceous vertebrate community from Montana, Breviora 343, 1-35
Gaffney E. S. (1972) The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147 5, 245-312
Estes R. (1976) Middle Paleocene lower vertebrates from the Tongue River Formation, southeastern Montana, Journal of Paleontology 50 3, 500-520
Bryant L. J. (1989) Non-dinosaurian lower vertebrates across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in northeastern Montana, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 134, 1-107
Holroyd P. A., Hutchison J. H. (2002) Patterns of geographic variation in latest Cretaceous vertebrates: evidence from the turtle component, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361, 177-190
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
Burger B. J. (2007) A New Late Paleocene Vertebrate Fauna from the Ohio Creek Formation of Western Colorado, Mountain Geologist 44 3, 141-150
Lyson T. R., Joyce W. G. (2011) Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic turtle Compsemys victa Leidy, 1856, Journal of Paleontology 85 4, 789-801 doi:10.1666/10-081.1
Hutchison J. H., Knell M. J., et al (2013) Turtles from the Kaiparowits Formation, Utah, At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah, 295-318
LĂłpez-Conde O. A., Sterli J., et al (2018) Turtles from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of El Gallo Formation, Baja California, Mexico, South American Journal of Earth Sciences 88, 693-699 doi:10.1016/ j.jsames.2018.10.005
Joyce W. G., Anquetin J. (2019) A review of the fossil record of non-baenid turtles of the clade Paracryptodira, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 60 2, 129-155
J. Leidy (1860) Extinct vertebrates from the Judith River and Great Lignite Formations of Nebraska: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: 139--154 - via Catalogue of Life
O. P. Hay (1908) The fossil turtles of North America: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication: 1--568 - via Catalogue of Life
C. W. Gilmore (1919) Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper: 1--68 - via Catalogue of Life
T. R. Lyson, W. G. Joyce (2011) Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic turtle Compsemys victa Leidy, 1856: Journal of Paleontology 4: 789--801 (10.1666/10-081.1) - via Catalogue of Life
R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas (1986) Annotated list of lower vertebrates from the Paleocene Nacimiento Formation (Puercan-Torrejonian), San Juan Basin, New Mexico: Journal of Herpetology 2: 202--209 - via Catalogue of Life
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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