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Geoemyda headonensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Taxonomy
Nicoria headonensis was named by Hooley (1905). It is not extant. Its type locality is Hordle Cliff Mammal Beds, which is in a MP 17A/MP 17B terrestrial horizon in the Headon Hill Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Geoemyda headonensis by Mlynarski (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Nicoria headonensis Hooley
1959Geoemyda headonensis Mlynarski p. 95

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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
genusGeoemydaGray 1834
speciesheadonensis()

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.

†Geoemyda headonensis Hooley 1905
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 17A to the top of the MP 17B or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 17A - MP 17B37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Nicoria headonensis (type locality: 28747)