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Geoemyda amamiensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Taxonomy
Geoemyda amamiensis was named by Takahashi et al. (2007). Its type specimen is RUMF-GF-5011, a set of postcrania (anterior half of plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kojima, which is in the Pleistocene of limestone the Itokina Formation Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Geoemyda amamiensis Takahashi et al. p. 3 figs. 2, 3, 4A, 5A

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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
familyGeoemydidaeTheobald 1868
genusGeoemydaGray 1834
speciesamamiensis

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.

†Geoemyda amamiensis Takahashi et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available