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Peritresius ornatus

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Chelone ornata was named by Leidy (1856). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Peritresius.

It was recombined as Peritresius ornatus by Cope (1870), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Berry and Lynn (1936).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. emarginatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Chelone ornata Leidy p. 303
1870Peritresius ornatus Cope p. 150
1902Peritresius ornatus Hay p. 441
1930Peritresius ornatus Hay p. 80
1936Peritresius ornatus Berry and Lynn p. 188

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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
—PanchelonioideaJoyce et al. 2004
—PancheloniidaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusPeritresius
speciesornatus()

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.

†Peritresius ornatus Leidy 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available