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Argillochelys antiqua

Reptilia - Testudines

Discussion

In the available version in the Bioheritage Library, Chelone antiqua appears only in the two figures of Pl. XVIII, and not in the text. However, this might be, apparently, because some of the text pages are missing. It would be important to confirm, for availability purposes, that this taxon appears in the text. Type Specimen and locality information comes from the NHM online database and Lydekker (1889).

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Taxonomy
Chelone antiqua was named by König (1825) [Type Specimen and locality information comes from the NHM online database and Lydekker (1889)]. Its type specimen is NHMUK PV OR 49465, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is London Clay, Isle of Sheppey turtles, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Chelonia antiqua by Woodward (1830); it was recombined as Argillochelys antiqua by Lydekker (1889), Dollo (1909), Zvonok and Danilov (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Chelone antiqua König figs. plate 18, fig. 232
1830Chelonia antiqua Woodward p. 38
1889Argillochelys antiqua Lydekker p. 40
1909Argillochelys antiqua Dollo p. 108
2017Argillochelys antiqua Zvonok and Danilov p. 492

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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
—PanchelonioideaJoyce et al. 2004
—PancheloniidaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusArgillochelys
speciesantiqua()

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.

†Argillochelys antiqua König 1825
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. A. Zvonok and I. G. Danilov 2017(1) Frontoparietal scale with a posterior extension. (2) External pterygoid processes relatively large. (3) Lower jaw symphysis subtriangular. See Discussion for details about char- acters.
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Chelone antiqua (167274)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Hainaut) Argillochelys antiqua (87947)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Kiev) Argillochelys antiqua (190828)