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Nicoria

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2443318https://www.gbif.org/species/2443318
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)235297https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=235297
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Nicoria
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
genusNicoriaGray 1855
Scientific NameNicoria
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nicoriagenusbelongs to Testudinidaestated without evidenceLydekker, 1889
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance11.1 - 9.7 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
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)R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Nicoria tricarinata
species
listed (PBDB)15.33 Ma
Miocene
5.33 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1855Nicoria Gray p. 17
1889Nicoria Lydekker p. 99

References

Lydekker R. , Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia, 1-239
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
CoL2006/EMBL Reptiles - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Cat. Shield Rept. Brit. Mus., 1, 15 - 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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