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Euraxemydidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4965053https://www.gbif.org/species/4965053
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)131447https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=131447
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Euraxemydidae
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
suborderPleurodiraCope 1865
superfamilyPelomedusoidesBroin 1988
-Podocnemidera
superfamilyEuraxemydoideaGaffney et al. 2006
familyEuraxemydidaeGaffney et al. 2006
Scientific NameEuraxemydidae
Name Published InBulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300: 40.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Euraxemydidaefamilybelongs to Euraxemydoideastated with evidenceGaffney et al., 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance105 - 94 Ma
Cretaceous
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

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Caririemys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dirqadim
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Euraxemys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2006Euraxemydidae Gaffney et al. p. 40

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
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300: 40. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jun 2012) / web search (AJR) - 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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