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Zangerlchelys arkansaw

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Catapleura arkansaw was named by Schmidt (1944). Its type specimen is FMNH P27045, a partial skeleton (nearly complete carapace and plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gather Brothers Farm, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in the Marlbrook Marl Formation of Arkansas.

It was recombined as Zangerlchelys arkansaw by Hirayama (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Catapleura arkansaw Schmidt p. 70 figs. 23-24
2006Zangerlchelys arkansaw Hirayama

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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
genusZangerlchelys
speciesarkansaw()

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.

Zangerlchelys arkansaw Schmidt 1944
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. P. Schmidt 1944A species of Catapleura with the generic characters evident, i.e. dorsal disk entirely free from the peripherals, except for contact of the latter with the first costal; first peripheral nearly triangular. The fontanelles between the disk and peripherals narrow and the projecting rib-ends correspondingly short; carapace broadly notched anteriorly; nuchal broad; first peripheral resembling that of Catapleura repanda, with a broad external and narrow internal border; nine neurals, the last three much shortened; first suprapygal without free edge; second with broad free edges at the sides. Plastron with a rounded central fontanelle; hyoplastra, hypoplastra, and xiphiplastra not in contact on the mid-line; entoplastron free at the sides; xiphiplastra suturally connected with the hypoplastra; hypolastron and hypoplastron on each side meeting in a long suture. Horny scutes essentially in agreement with those of Osteopygis.
R. Hirayama 2006Medium-sized cheloniid with nuchal distinctly
emarginated anteriorly; fi rst to fourth vertebrals nearly rectangular
shaped; second to fourth vertebrals longer than broad;
suprapygal subdivided into three parts; plastral index 70.
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, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Catapleura arkansaw (type locality: 167231)