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Wuguia hutubeiensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Sinemydidae

Taxonomy
Wuguia hutubeiensis was named by Matzke et al. (2004). Its type specimen is SGP 2001/006, a partial skeleton (a partial skeleton with carapace and plastron preserved as natural impressions on three slabs), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Haojiagou section east of Toutunhe river, which is in a Valanginian terrestrial horizon in the Hutubihe Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Wuguia hutubeiensis Matzke et al. p. 153 figs. 1-3
2008Wuguia hutubeiensis Brinkman et al. p. 49
2010Wuguia hutubeiensis Rabi et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Eucryptodira
familySinemydidae
genusWuguia
specieshutubeiensis

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.

Wuguia hutubeiensis Matzke et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005

Age range: Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6China (Xinjiang) Wuguia hutubeiensis (type locality: 128695)