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Acanthochelys cosquinensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9321545https://www.gbif.org/species/9321545
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)361284https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=361284
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelidae : Acanthochelys : Acanthochelys cosquinensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelidae : Acanthochelys : Acanthochelys cosquinensis
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
suborderPleurodiraCope 1865
-PanchelidaeJoyce et al. 2004
-ChelidaeGray 1825
genusAcanthochelysGray 1873
speciesAcanthochelys cosquinensisde la Fuente 1992
Generic NameAcanthochelys
Scientific NameAcanthochelys cosquinensis de la Fuente, 1992
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Acanthochelys cosquinensisspeciesbelongs to Acanthochelysstated with evidencede la Fuente, 1992
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentfreshwater (based on Chelidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore (based on Chelidae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Chelidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. S. de la Fuente. 1992. Las tortugas Chelidae del Terciario superior y Cuaternario del territorio argentino. Ameghiniana 29(3):211-229

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1992Acanthochelys cosquinensis de la Fuente
2014Acanthochelys cosquinensis de la Fuente et al.
2016Acanthochelys cosquinensis Maniel and de la Fuente

References

de la Fuente M. S. (1992) Las tortugas Chelidae del Terciario superior y Cuaternario del territorio argentino, Ameghiniana 29 3, 211-229
de la Fuente M. S., Sterli J., et al (2014) Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles, Springer Earth System Sciences doi:0.1007/978-3-319-00518-8
Maniel I. J., de la Fuente M. S. (2016) A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Chelidae, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57 2, 191-227
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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