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Planetochelys dithyros

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Planetochelys dithyros was named by Hutchison (2013). Its type specimen is UCMP 120000, a partial skeleton (right and left P1-11, nuchal, N1-5, right C2-4, left C2; plastron lacking posterior margin of xiphiplastra; damaged skull; incomplete dentary; fragments of arti), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V77050, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

Entered
by P. Holroyd on 2015-04-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Planetochelys dithyros Hutchison p. 481
2015Planetochelys dithyros Lichtig and Lucas
2016Planetochelys dithyros Joyce and Bourque

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
—Pantestudines
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Eucryptodira
superfamilyChelydroidea
—PankinosternoideaJoyce et al. 2004
genusPlanetochelys
speciesdithyros

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.

†Planetochelys dithyros Hutchison 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Environment: freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: omnivoreg
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2006-04-19 14:57:35
Modified: 2006-04-19 17:03:30
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Holroyd et al. 2001

Age range: Wasatchian or 56.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (New Mexico) Planetochelys dithyros (176878 176909)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Planetochelys dithyros (15529 15532 15538 15553 168286 168296 168304 168310 168312 168318 168319 168320 168321 type locality: 168328 168330 168331)