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Owenemys testudiniformis

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Taxonomy
Emys testudiniformis was named by Owen (1842). Its type specimen is BMNH 39767, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Warden Point (Bowerbank collection), which is in a Ypresian marine siliciclastic in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Chrysemys testudiniformis by Lydekker (1889); it was recombined as Owenemys testudiniformis by Hervet (2004).

Synonyms
  • Emys bicarinata was named by Owen and Bell (1849). Its type specimen is BMNH 39450, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Warden Point (Bowerbank collection), which is in a Ypresian marine siliciclastic in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

    It was recombined as Chrysemys bicarinata by Lydekker (1889); it was synonymized subjectively with Owenemys testudiniformis by Hervet (2004).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Emys testudiniformis Owen p. 161
1889Chrysemys testudiniformis Lydekker pp. 118-119
1889Chrysemys bicarinata Lydekker p. 119
2004Owenemys testudiniformis Hervet p. 24

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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
speciestestudiniformis()

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.

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Invalid names: Chrysemys bicarinata Owen and Bell 1849 [synonym]
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, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Emys testudiniformis, Emys bicarinata (type locality: 178051)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom Owenemys testudiniformis (167275)