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Taphrosphys nodosus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8587550https://www.gbif.org/species/8587550
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)179139https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=179139
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Taphrosphys : Taphrosphys nodosus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae : Taphrosphys : Taphrosphys nodosus
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
superfamilyPodocnemidoideaGaffney et al. 2006
familyBothremydidaeBaur 1891
genusTaphrosphysCope 1869
speciesTaphrosphys nodosusCope 1870
Generic NameTaphrosphys
Scientific NameTaphrosphys nodosus Cope, 1870
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Taphrosphys nodosusspeciesbelongs to Taphrosphysstated with evidenceCope, 1870
Taphrosphys nodosusspeciesbelongs to Taphrosphysstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Taphrosphys nodosusspeciesbelongs to Taphrosphysstated with evidenceHay, 1908
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper 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. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1870Taphrosphys nodosus Cope p. 167
1902Taphrosphys nodosus Hay p. 438
1908Taphrosphys nodosus Hay p. 122
1870Taphrosphys nodosus Cope p. 167
1902Taphrosphys nodosus Hay p. 438
1908Taphrosphys nodosus Hay p. 122
1930Taphrosphys nodosus Hay p. 75

References

Cope E. D. , Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14, 105-235
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568
Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074
E. D. Cope (1870) Synopsis of the extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 1: 1--252 - via Catalogue of Life
O. P. Hay (1908) The fossil turtles of North America: Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication: 1--568 - 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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