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Alamosemys substricta

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Taxonomy
Alamosemys substricta was named by Hay (1908). Its type specimen is AMNH 1204, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near the head of Alamosa Creek (Alamosemys substricta type locality), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in New Mexico. It is the type species of Alamosemys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Alamosemys substricta Hay pp. 261-262 figs. Plate 39, figs. I, 2; teit-figs. 323, 324
1930Alamosemys substricta Hay p. 91

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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
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
familyAdocidae
genusAlamosemys
speciessubstricta

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapaceg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-09-01 10:38:32
Modified: 2005-09-01 12:38:32
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Estes et al. 1969

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Alamosemys substricta (type locality: 131856)