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Adocus

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Adocidae

Taxonomy
Adocus was named by Cope (1868). It is the type genus of Adocidae, Adocinae. It was considered monophyletic by Danilov et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Chelonia by Cope (1868); to Emydinae by Cope (1870); to Dermatemydidae by Hay (1908), Hay (1930), Gilmore (1931), Gilmore (1935), Estes and Berberian (1970), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989); to Trionychoidea by Meylan and Gaffney (1989); to Trionychia by Joyce et al. (2004); to Adocusia by Danilov and Parham (2006); to Adocinae by Syromyatnikova and Danilov (2013), Danilov et al. (2014); and to Adocidae by Cope (1870), Cope (1871), Cope (1884), Hay (1902), Wieland (1905), Nessov (1984), Sukhanov (2000), Peng et al. (2001), Holroyd and Hutchison (2002), Hutchison and Holroyd (2003), Brinkman et al. (2008), Syromyatnikova and Danilov (2009), Danilov et al. (2011), Syromyatnikova et al. (2012), Sullivan et al. (2012), Syromyatnikova et al. (2013), Hutchison et al. (2013), Danilov et al. (2013), Lichtig and Lucas (2015), Hirayama et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Adocus Cope p. 235
1869Zygoramma Cope p. 550
1869Homorophus Cope p. 551
1870Adocus Cope p. 128
1871Adocus Cope p. ii
1871Homorophus Cope p. ii
1871Zygoramma Cope p. ii
1884Adocus Cope
1884Homorhophus Cope
1902Adocus Hay p. 444
1902Zygoramma Hay p. 445
1902Homorophus Hay p. 446
1905Adocus Wieland p. 443
1908Adocus Hay p. 236
1908Zygoramma Hay p. 257
1908Homorophus Hay p. 260
1908Alamosemys Hay p. 261 figs. Plate 39, figs. I, 2; teit-figs. 323, 324
1930Adocus Hay p. 89
1930Alamosemys Hay p. 91
1930Homorophus Hay p. 91
1930Zygoramma Hay p. 91
1931Adocus Gilmore p. 221
1935Adocus Gilmore p. 181
1970Adocus Estes and Berberian p. 5
1984Adocus Nessov p. 216
1988Adocus Carroll
1989Adocus Bryant p. 38
1989Adocus Meylan and Gaffney p. 46 fig. 22
2000Adocus Sukhanov p. 333
2000Sineusemys Sukhanov p. 333
2001Adocus Peng et al. p. 25
2002Adocus Holroyd and Hutchison p. 181
2003Adocus Hutchison and Holroyd
2004Adocus Joyce et al.
2006Adocus Danilov and Parham fig. 5
2006Shineusemys Sukhanov and Narmandakh p. 124
2008Adocus Brinkman et al. p. 62
2009Adocus Syromyatnikova and Danilov p. 75
2011Adocus Danilov et al. p. 114
2012Adocus Sullivan et al. p. 351
2012Adocus Syromyatnikova et al.
2013Adocus Danilov et al.
2013Adocus Hutchison et al.
2013Adocus Syromyatnikova et al.
2014Adocus Danilov et al.
2015Adocus Lichtig and Lucas
2021Adocus Hirayama et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
familyAdocidae
genusAdocus

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.

G. †Adocus Cope 1868
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†Adocus agilis Cope 1868
†Adocus aksary Nessov and Krasovskaya 1984
†Adocus amtgai Narmandakh 1985
†Adocus beatus Leidy 1865
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Invalid names: Adocus lacer Hay 1908 [synonym], Adocus punctatus Marsh 1890 [synonym]
†Adocus bossi Gilmore 1919
†Adocus bostobensis Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009
†Adocus dzhurtasensis Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009
†Adocus firmus Leidy 1856
†Adocus foveatus Nesov and Khozarskii 1977
†Adocus hesperius Gilmore 1919
†Adocus inexpectatus Danilov et al. 2013
†Adocus kazachstanica Chkhikvadze 1973
†Adocus kirtlandius Gilmore 1919
†Adocus kizylkumensis Nesov 1981
†Adocus kohaku Hirayama et al. 2021
†Adocus lineolatus Cope 1874
†Adocus microglypha Cope 1871
†Adocus onerosus Gilmore 1919
†Adocus orientalis Gilmore 1931
†Adocus planus Sukhanov and Narmandakh 2006
†Adocus pravus Leidy 1856
†Adocus sengokuensis Sonoda et al. 2015
†Adocus striatula Cope 1869
†Adocus syntheticus Cope 1869
†Adocus vigoratus Hay 1910
Invalid names: Alamosemys Hay 1908 [synonym], Homorophus Cope 1869 [synonym], Shineusemys Sukhanov and Narmandakh 2006 [synonym], Zygoramma Cope 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Hirayama et al. 2021Fifth to eleventh marginal scutes medially enlarged, overlying distal portion of costal plates.