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Ordosemys liaoxiensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Taxonomy
Manchurochelys liaoxiensis was named by Ji (1995).

It was recombined as Ordosemys liaoxiensis by Tong (1995), Tong et al. (2004), Danilov and Parham (2007) and Brinkman et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Manchurochelys liaoxiensis Ji
1995Ordosemys liaoxiensis Tong
2000Manchurochelys liaoxiensis Sukhanov p. 316
2004Ordosemys liaoxiensis Tong et al. p. 3
2007Ordosemys liaoxiensis Danilov and Parham p. 441
2008Ordosemys liaoxiensis Brinkman et al. p. 56

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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
suborderCryptodira
Eucryptodira
familySinemydidae
genusOrdosemys
speciesliaoxiensis(Ji 1995)

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Tong et al. 2004A species of Ordosemys, differing from O. leios in having a slight ornamentation on the shell surface, a large semicircular lateral fontanelle on the bridge, and in having the first peripheral not contacting or barely contacting the first costal plate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Ordosemys liaoxiensis (52888 79657)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Jilin) Ordosemys sp. (197339)