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Desmatochelys lowii

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)173417https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=173417
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Protostegidae : Desmatochelys : Desmatochelys lowii
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
-PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
superfamilyChelonioideaBaur 1893
familyProtostegidaeCope 1873
genusDesmatochelysWilliston 1894
speciesDesmatochelys lowiiWilliston 1894
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Desmatochelys lowiispeciesbelongs to Desmatochelysstated with evidenceWilliston, 1894
Desmatochelys lowiispeciesbelongs to Desmatochelysstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Desmatochelys lowiispeciesbelongs to Desmatochelysstated with evidenceHay, 1908
Desmatochelys lowiispeciesbelongs to Desmatochelysstated without evidenceNicholls, 1992
Desmatochelys lowiispeciesbelongs to Desmatochelysstated with evidenceElliott et al., 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Chelonioidea)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. W. Williston. 1894. A new turtle from the Benton Cretaceous. University of Kansas Quarterly 3:5-19

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1894Desmatochelys lowii Williston
1902Desmatochelys lowii Hay p. 443
1908Desmatochelys lowi Hay
1992Desmatochelys lowii Nicholls p. 378
1997Desmatochelys lowii Elliott et al.

References

Williston S. W. A new turtle from the Benton Cretaceous, University of Kansas Quarterly 3, 5-19
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568
Nicholls E. L. (1992) Note on the occurence of the marine turtle Desmatochelys (Reptilia: Chelonioidea) from the upper Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, Canadian Journal of Earth Science 29 2, 377-380
Elliott D. K., Irby G. V., et al (1997) Desmatochelys lowi, a marine turtle from the Upper Cretaceous, Ancient Marine Reptiles, 243-257
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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