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Adocus foveatus

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Adocidae

Taxonomy
Adocus foveatus was named by Nesov and Khozarskii (1977). Its type specimen is ZIN PHT F64-11, a partial shell (left peripheral 4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kansai, FKA-7a, which is in a Santonian fluvial-deltaic horizon in the Yalovach Formation of Tajikistan.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Sukhanov (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Adocus foveatus Nesov and Khozarskii
1984Adocus foveatus Nessov p. 220
2009Adocus foveatus Syromyatnikova and Danilov pp. 85-87 figs. 7A-E
2013Adocus foveatus Syromyatnikova and Danilov
2014Adocus foveatus Danilov 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
speciesfoveatusNesov and Khozarskii 1977

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.

Adocus foveatus Nesov and Khozarskii 1977
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov 2009A species of Adocus that can be differentiated from A. aksary by larger size of the shell, wider anterior border of the epiplastron, overlapping of marginals onto the costals beginning with marginal 5, wider gular and shorter medial border of the extragular. For more detailed comparison with other species see Comparison sections below
and Table 1.