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Ptychogaster ronheimensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Taxonomy
Ptychogaster ronheimensis was named by Groessens-Van Dyck and Schleich (1985). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ronheim, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine siliciclastic in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Ptychogaster ronheimensis Groessens-Van Dyck and Schleich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyGeoemydidaeTheobald 1868
subfamilyPtychogasterinaeDe Stefano 1903
genusPtychogasterPomel 1847
speciesronheimensis

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.

Ptychogaster ronheimensis Groessens-Van Dyck and Schleich 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany Ptychogaster ronheimensis (type locality: 36984)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Spain (Navarre) Ptychogaster ronheimensis (153749)