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Portlandemys âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4819004https://www.gbif.org/species/4819004
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36364https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36364
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Plesiochelyidae : Portlandemys
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
-ThalassochelydiaAnquetin et al. 2017
familyPlesiochelyidaeRĂĽtimeyer 1873
genusPortlandemysGaffney 1975
Scientific NamePortlandemys Gaffney, 1975
Name Published InAm. Mus. Novit. No. 2574
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Plesiochelyidaestated with evidenceGaffney, 1975
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to PlesiochelyidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Plesiochelyidaestated without evidenceWeems, 1988
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Eurysternidaestated with evidenceLapparent de Broin et al., 1996
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Cheloniasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Plesiochelydiaestated without evidenceMilner, 2004
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Eucryptodirastated with evidenceJoyce, 2007
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Eucryptodirastated without evidenceMateus et al., 2009
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Plesiochelyidaestated with evidenceAnquetin, 2012
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Testudinesstated without evidencePĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a and Murelaga, 2013
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Testudinatastated without evidencePerea et al., 2014
Portlandemysgenusbelongs to Plesiochelyidaestated with evidenceAnquetin et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance156 - 151 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. S. Gaffney. 1975. A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic turtles Portlandemys and Plesiochelys. American Museum Novitates 2574:1-19

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Portlandemys gracilis âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2156 Ma
Jurassic
156 Ma
Jurassic
Portlandemys mcdowelli âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1152 Ma
Late Jurassic
152 Ma
Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1975Portlandemys Gaffney pp. 6-7 fig. 13
1988Portlandemys Carroll
1988Portlandemys Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
1996Portlandemys Lapparent de Broin et al. pp. 554-555
2002Portlandemys Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Portlandemys Milner p. 1460
YearName and Author
2007Portlandemys Joyce
2009Portlandemys Mateus et al.
2012Portlandemys Anquetin p. 28 fig. 10
2013Portlandemys PĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a and Murelaga
2014Portlandemys Perea et al.
2017Portlandemys Anquetin et al.

References

Gaffney E. S. (1975) A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic turtles Portlandemys and Plesiochelys, American Museum Novitates 2574, 1-19
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Weems R. E. (1988) Paleocene turtles from the Aquia and Brightseat Formations, with a discussion of their bearing on sea turtle evolution and phylogeny, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101 1, 109-145
Lapparent de Broin F. d., Lange-Badré B., et al (1996) Nouvelles decouvertes de tortues dans le Jurassique Supérieur du Lot (France) et examen du taxon Plesiochelyidae, Revue de Paléobiologie 15 2, 533-570
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Milner A. R. (2004) The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England, Palaeontology 47 6, 1441-1467 doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00418.x
Mateus O., Jacobs L., et al (2009) The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 4, 581-588 doi:10.4202/app.2008.0063
Anquetin J. (2012) Reassessment of the phylogenetic interrelationships of basal turtles (Testudinata), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 1, 3-45 doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.558928
PĂ©rez-GarcĂ­a A., Murelaga X. (2013) Camerochelys vilanovai gen. et sp. nov., a new pan-cryptodiran turtle in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Range (Spain), Cretaceous Research 41, 143-149 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.12.002
Perea D., Soto M., et al (2014) Tacuarembemys kusterae, gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous continental turtle from western Gondwana, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 6, 1329-1341
Anquetin J., Puntener C., et al (2017) A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58 3, 317-369
Am. Mus. Novit. No. 2574 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
GBIF/Paleo Database - 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
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - 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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