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Eochelone monstigris

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Eochelone monstigris was named by Grant-Mackie et al. (2011). Its type specimen is V351A-V351AB, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Q07/f145, Whangarei Eochelone monstigris type locality, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Ruatangata Sandstone Formation of New Zealand.

Entered
by P. Holroyd on 2016-03-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Eochelone monstigris Grant-Mackie et al. p. 184 figs. 2-5

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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
genusEocheloneDollo 1903
speciesmonstigris

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.

†Eochelone monstigris Grant-Mackie et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Grant-Mackie et al. 2011Eochelone of moderately large size with: distal half of
humerus curved ventrally and forming distinct shelf along
whole length of distal articulating surfaces; nuchal plate of
low inflation and carapace distinctly hollowed at junction of
nuchal with marginals; terminal phalanx of digit I much
more robust; and anteriorly curving anterolateral extensions of first thoracic vertebra present.
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 Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand Eochelone monstigris (type locality: 176841)