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Owenemys corroyi

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Testudo corroyi was named by Bergounioux (1933). Its type specimen is UP-AM1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Palette, which is in a Ypresian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in France. It is the type species of Owenemys.

It was recombined as Palaeochelys corroyi by Broin (1977); it was recombined as Owenemys corroyi by Hervet (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Testudo corroyi Bergounioux
1977Palaeochelys corroyi Broin
2004Owenemys corroyi Hervet pp. 24-25

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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
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
genusOwenemys
speciescorroyi(Bergounioux 1933)

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.

Owenemys corroyi Bergounioux 1933
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Testudo corroyi (178050)