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Scabremys ornata

Reptilia - Baenidae

Taxonomy
Baena ornata was named by Gilmore (1935). Its type specimen is USNM 13229, a shell (nearly perfect carapace and plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 3 miles northeast of Hunter's Store (Bisti P.O.), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Scabremys.

It was recombined as Denazinemys ornata by Lucas and Sullivan (2006); it was recombined as Scabremys ornata by Sullivan et al. (2012) and Joyce and Lyson (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Baena ornata Gilmore p. 165 figs. figs. 7, 8, pl. 14
1972Baena ornata Gaffney pp. 302-303
2006Denazinemys ornata Lucas and Sullivan pp. 226-227
2012Scabremys ornata Sullivan et al. p. 341 fig. 20.3
2015Scabremys ornata Joyce and Lyson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Paracryptodira
familyBaenidaeCope 1882
BaenoddaGaffney and Meylan 1988
genusScabremys
speciesornata()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Scabremys ornata Gilmore 1935
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney 1972" . . . the ornate sculpture of Baena ornata at once distinguishes this species from all described forms, with the possible exception of B. nodosa. From that species it may be distinguished by the more quadrangular form of the shell; greatest transverse diameter at mid-length; quadrangular shape of first vertebral and the absence of accessory scutes lateral to the first vertebral; and in having all the vertebrals wider than long" (Gilmore, 1935, p. 168).
S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan 2006A species of Denazinemys distinguished from D. nodosa by the sub-rectangular shaped carapace, absence of paired anterior supramarginal scutes so that the first vertebral scute is rectangular, relatively wide (square) vertebral scutes and less scalloped posterior peripheral scutes.
R. M. Sullivan et al. 2012Differs from Denazinemys nodosa by the following features: carapace oval, with widest dimension midway along carapace; prominent midline ridge formed by three or four raised ridges, separated by narrow grooves, that extend for nearly the entire length of the carapace; no prepleurals; first vertebral irregular hexagonal shape with greatest width anteriorly, contacting the cervical and both first marginals; extracervicals absent, and gulars not subdivided.
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height1105.0

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Baena ornata (type locality: 76760 100583)