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Homopus comptoni

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Emys comptoni was named by Owen and Bell (1849). Its type specimen is BMNH 37210, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Homopus comptoni by Lydekker (1889).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Emys comptoni Owen and Bell p. 71
1889Homopus comptoni Lydekker p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
genusHomopusDuméril and Bibron 1834
speciescomptoni(Owen and Bell 1849)

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.

†Homopus comptoni Owen and Bell 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available