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Protestudo

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2441541https://www.gbif.org/species/2441541
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)399539https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=399539
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Protestudo
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
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
-PantestudinoideaJoyce et al. 2004
superfamilyTestudinoideaGray 1825
-PantestudinidaeJoyce et al. 2004
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
genusProtestudoChkhikvadze 1970
Scientific NameProtestudo Chkhikvadze, 1970
Name Published InSoobshch. Akad. Nauk gruz. SSR 57
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Protestudogenusbelongs to Testudinidaestated with evidenceSyromyatnikova et al., 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance7.75 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Testudinidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore, herbivore (based on Testudinidae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Testudinidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. V. Syromyatnikova, T. V. Krakhmalnaya, and VM Chkhikvadze, IG Danilov. 2019. Turtles Protestudo bessarabica from the Late Miocene of Ukraine. Paleontological Magazine 6:91-104

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Protestudo bessarabica
species
listed (PBDB)411.6 Ma
Miocene
7.75 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1970Protestudo Chkhikvadze
2019Protestudo Syromyatnikova et al.

References

Syromyatnikova E. V., Krakhmalnaya T. V., et al (2019) Turtles Protestudo bessarabica from the Late Miocene of Ukraine, Paleontological Magazine 6, 91-104
GBIF/Catalogue of Life 2009 Higher Classification - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Soobshch. Akad. Nauk gruz. SSR 57 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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