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Tasbacka ruhoffi

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Catapleura ruhoffi was named by Weems (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 358865, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Indian Head Highway, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Aquia Formation of Maryland.

It was recombined as Tasbacka ruhoffi by Weems (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Catapleura ruhoffi Weems p. 125 figs. Figs. 16-19, 20A
2014Tasbacka ruhoffi Weems

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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
genusTasbackaNesov 1986
speciesruhoffi()

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.

Tasbacka ruhoffi Weems 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Catapleura ruhoffi (type locality: 109024)