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Puppigerus camperi

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Discussion

Originally mentioned by Cuvier (1824) as Emyde de Bruxelles, figured in his pl. XIII, fig. 8 and pl. XV, fig. 16

Taxonomy
Emys camperi was named by Gray (1831). Its type specimen is I.R.S.N.B. 1687/R.4, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bruxelles Sands (Sables d'Bruxelles) - Bruxelles Formation, which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the Bruxelles Formation of Belgium.

It was recombined as Lytoloma camperi by Bergounioux (1933); it was recombined as Puppigerus camperi by Dollo (1923), Moody (1974), Tong et al. (2012), Karl and Tichy (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Emys camperi Gray
1831Emys parkinsonii Gray
1831Emys camperi Gray p. 33
1841Chelone longiceps Owen p. 572
1842Chelone longiceps Owen p. 169
1849Chelone acuticeps Owen figs. plate 25
1849Chelone trigoniceps Owen p. 31 figs. Pl. 25, fig. 4–6
1870Puppigerus longiceps Cope
1870Puppigerus trigoniceps Cope
1889Lytoloma trigoniceps Lydekker pp. 53-56
1889Lytoloma longiceps Lydekker p. 57
1909Emys camperi Dollo p. 111
1923Puppigerus camperi Dollo
1933Lytoloma camperi Bergounioux
1974Puppigerus camperi Moody
2012Puppigerus camperi Tong et al. p. 635
2019Puppigerus camperi Karl and Tichy p. 14

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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
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
genusPuppigerus
speciescamperi()

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.

†Puppigerus camperi Gray 1831
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Invalid names: Lytoloma trigoniceps Owen 1849 [synonym], Puppigerus longiceps Owen 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Owen 1849 (Chelone trigoniceps)The very regular triangular form of the skull indicated by this fragment, has induced me to propose the name of Chelone trigoniceps for the species.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Lutetian or 100.50000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Puppigerus camperi (92426)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (Kent) Chelone longiceps (165976)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Chelone longiceps, Emys parkinsonii (167274)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Puppigerus camperi (15595)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland ) Puppigerus camperi (124192)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Austria Puppigerus camperi (176937)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Morocco Puppigerus camperi (91363)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Austria Puppigerus camperi (236310)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium (Brabant) Emys camperi (124459)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium Emys camperi (type locality: 77613)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Chelone trigoniceps (165979)