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Adocus bostobensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Adocidae

Taxonomy
Adocus bostobensis was named by Syromyatnikova and Danilov (2009). Its type specimen is ZIN PH 1/94, a partial shell (nuchal fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baibishe, which is in a Santonian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Adocus bostobensis Syromyatnikova and Danilov pp. 90-92 figs. 8A-N
2013Adocus bostobensis Syromyatnikova and Danilov
2014Adocus bostobensis 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
speciesbostobensis

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 bostobensis Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov 2009A species of Adocus that can be differentiated from other members of Adocus by larger shell size. Besides that, it can be differentiated from other Adocus of the studied area by shape of the cervical and from A. bossi by the presence of the nuchal emargination. Additional differences from Adocus dzhurtasensis are given above.