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Indotestudo kaiseni

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo kaiseni was named by Gilmore (1931). Its type specimen is AMNH 6352, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ergilin Dzo [AMNH], which is in an Eocene terrestrial sandstone in the Ergilin Dzo Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Cheirogaster kaiseni by Karl (2018); it was recombined as Indotestudo kaiseni by Crumly (1983), Vlachos and Rabi (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Testudo kaiseni Gilmore p. 236 figs. 16-17; Pl. 4
1983Indotestudo kaiseni Crumly
2018Cheirogaster kaiseni Karl
2018Indotestudo kaiseni Vlachos and Rabi p. 663

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
genusIndotestudo(Lindholm 1929)
specieskaiseni()

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.

†Indotestudo kaiseni Gilmore 1931
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Gilmore 1931Medium size, carapace broader behind than in front; shell highly arched, declivous behind; surfaces slightly undulating; anterior border truncate, feebly notched; sulci shallowly impressed; marginal sulcus coinciding with costo-peripheral suture; front lobe of plastron apparently not produced; pecto-humeral sulcus crossing on posterior half of entoplastron; entoplastron subquadrangular; gular scutes overlapping entoplastron; pectoral scute somewhat shorter than abdominal scute on median line; posterior lobe angularly and widely notched on hind border; lateral borders of lobe undulating.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia Testudo kaiseni (type locality: 73781)