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Adocus bossi ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4965175	https://www.gbif.org/species/4965175
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	82836	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82836

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Adocidae : Adocus : Adocus bossi

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Adocidae : Adocus : Adocus bossi

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
-	Testudinata
order	Testudines	Batsch 1788
suborder	Cryptodira	Cope 1868
superfamily	Trionychoidea	Fitzinger 1826
family	Adocidae	Cope 1869
subfamily	Adocinae	Cope 1869
genus	Adocus	Cope 1868
species	Adocus bossi	Gilmore 1919

Generic Name

Adocus

Scientific Name

Adocus bossi Gilmore, 1919

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Adocus bossi	species	belongs to Adocus	stated without evidence	Gilmore, 1919
Adocus bossi	species	belongs to Adocus	stated with evidence	Syromyatnikova et al., 2012
Adocus bossi	species	belongs to Adocus	stated without evidence	Sullivan et al., 2012
Adocus bossi	species	belongs to Adocus	stated with evidence	Syromyatnikova and Danilov, 2013
Adocus bossi	species	belongs to Adocus	stated without evidence	Sonoda et al., 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

freshwater (based on Cryptodira)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Cryptodira)

Reproduction

oviparous (based on Cryptodira)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. W. Gilmore. 1919. Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 119:1-68

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1919	Adocus bossi Gilmore p. 29 figs. Pl. 7-8
2012	Adocus bossi Sullivan et al. p. 351
2012	Adocus bossi Syromyatnikova et al.
2013	Adocus bossi Syromyatnikova and Danilov
2015	Adocus bossi Sonoda et al.

References

Gilmore C. W. (1919) Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 119, 1-68

Sullivan R. M., Jasinski S. E., et al (2012) Re-assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles, 337-387 doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_20

Syromyatnikova E. V., Danilov I. G. (2013) New material and phylogenetic position of Adocus bostobensis, a poorly known adocid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan, Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 317 2, 195-201

Sonoda T., Hirayama R., et al (2015) A new species of the genus Adocus (Adocidae, Testudines) from the Lower Cretaceous of Southwest Japan, Paleontological Research 19 1, 26-32 doi:10.2517/2014PR026

C. W. Gilmore (1919) Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper: 1--68 - via Catalogue of Life

E. V. Syromyatnikova, I. G. Danilov, V. B. Sukhanov (2012) A resdecription and phylogenetic position of Adocus planus, an adocid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia: Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 4: 380--391 - via Catalogue of Life

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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