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Tasbacka salisburgensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Osteopygis salisburgensis was named by Karl (1996). Its type specimen is HNS Nr. 3/1976 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haunsberg near St. Pankraz, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Roterzschicht Formation of Austria.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Lynch and Parham (2003); it was recombined as Tasbacka salisburgensis by Karl and Madsen (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Osteopygis salisburgensis Karl p. 390 fig. 1
2012Tasbacka salisburgensis Karl and Madsen

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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)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
genusTasbackaNesov 1986
speciessalisburgensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H.-V. Karl and H. Madsen 2012Differs to Tasbacka aldabergeni in the position of the proximate marginalia sulcus along the middle of the peripherals. Cervical scute absent.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Austria (Salzburg) Osteopygis salisburgensis (type locality: 165735)