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Anomalochelys angulata ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8648660https://www.gbif.org/species/8648660
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)239574https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=239574
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Nanhsiungchelyidae : Anomalochelys : Anomalochelys angulata
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Nanhsiungchelyidae : Anomalochelys : Anomalochelys angulata
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
-EucryptodiraGaffney 1975
familyNanhsiungchelyidaeYeh 1966
genusAnomalochelysHirayama et al. 2001
speciesAnomalochelys angulataHirayama et al. 2001
Generic NameAnomalochelys
Scientific NameAnomalochelys angulata Hirayama et al., 2001
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Anomalochelys angulataspeciesbelongs to Anomalochelysstated with evidenceHirayama et al., 2001
Anomalochelys angulataspeciesbelongs to Anomalochelysstated without evidenceHirayama, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentfreshwater (based on Cryptodira)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Cryptodira)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Cryptodira)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Hirayama, K. Sakurai, and T. Chitoku, G. Kawakami, N. Kito. 2001. Anomalochelys angulata, an unusual land turtle of family Nanhsiungchelyidae (superfamily Trionychoidea; order Testudines) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, North Japan. Russian Journal of Herpetology 8(2):127-138

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2001Anomalochelys angulata Hirayama et al. p. 129 figs. 2-6
2007Anomalochelys angulata Hirayama p. 146

References

Hirayama R., Sakurai K., et al (2001) Anomalochelys angulata, an unusual land turtle of family Nanhsiungchelyidae (superfamily Trionychoidea; order Testudines) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, North Japan, Russian Journal of Herpetology 8 2, 127-138
Hirayama R. (2007) Revision of systematics of the fossil turtles of Japan, Jubilee Publication in Commemoration of Professor Kamei Tadao's 80th Birthday, 145-153
R. Hirayama, K. Sakurai, T. Chitoku, G. Kawakami, N. Kito (2001) Anomalochelys angulata, an unusual land turtle of family Nanhsiungchelyidae (superfamily Trionychoidea; order Testudines) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, North Japan: Russian Journal of Herpetology 2: 127--138 - 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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