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Taphrosphyini ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)131495https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=131495
Ranktribe (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Taphrosphyini
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
superfamilyPelomedusoidesBroin 1988
superfamilyPodocnemidoideaGaffney et al. 2006
familyBothremydidaeBaur 1891
-BothremydoddaGaffney et al. 2006
tribeTaphrosphyiniGaffney et al. 2006
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Taphrosphyinitribebelongs to Bothremydoddastated with evidenceGaffney et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)13
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Environmentfreshwater (based on Pleurodira)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Pleurodira)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Pleurodira)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Nigeremydina ✝
subtribe		listed (PBDB)
Taphrosphyina ✝
subtribe		listed (PBDB)372.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Chupacabrachelys ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		283.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ilatardia ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)172.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1903Gafsachelys phosphatica Stefano
1903Gafsachelys Stefano p. 74
1903Gafsachelys phosphatica Stefano p. 74
1952Eusarkia Bergounioux
1952Eusarkia rotundiformis Bergounioux
1954Eusarkia rotundiformis Bergounioux p. 45
1955Gafsachelys moularensis Bergounioux
YearName and Author
1972Gafsachelys Moody p. 329
1972Gafsachelys phosphatica Moody p. 329
1972Crassachelys Moody p. 331 figs. Plate 16
1972Eusarkia Moody p. 331
1972Eusarkia rotundiformis Moody p. 333
1988Eusarkia Carroll
2006Taphrosphyini Gaffney et al. p. 90

References

Gaffney E. S., Tong H., et al (2006) Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300, 1-318
Stefano G. (1903) Nuovi rettili degli strati a fosfato della Tunisia, Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana 22, 51-80
Bergounioux F.-M. (1952) Les Cheloniens fossiles de Gafsa, Notes et Memoires 92, 377-396
Bergounioux F. M. (1954) Les chéloniens fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Vénétie, Memorie degli Istituti di geologia e mineralogia dell’Universita di Padova 18, 1-115
Moody R. T. J. (1972) The turtle fauna of the Eocene phosphates of Metaloui, Tunisia, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 83 3, 327-336
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
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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