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Rosasia soutoi

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Rosasia soutoi was named by Carrington da Costa (1940) [lectotype designated by Antunes and Broin (1988)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Cerâmica Vouga" quarry, Quinta do Vilar, which is in a Maastrichtian mire/swamp sandstone in the Argilas de Aveiro Formation of Portugal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Rosasia soutoi Carrington da Costa
2006Rosasia soutoi Gaffney et al. p. 71
2012Rosasia soutoi Rabi et al. p. 672
2017Rosasia soutoi Pérez-García

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
genusRosasiaCosta 1940
speciessoutoiCarrington da Costa 1940

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.

Rosasia soutoi Carrington da Costa 1940
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006[as for genus Rosasia]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Portugal (Aveiro) Rosasia soutoi (type locality: 75866)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Portugal (Coimbra) Rosasia soutoi (49276)