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Mauremys portisi

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Taxonomy
Emys portisi was named by Sacco (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valleandona, which is in a Zanclean marine sandstone in the Valldunga Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Palaeochelys portisi by De Stefano (1915); it was recombined as Mauremys portisi by Hervet (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by D. Nicholson on 2016-05-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Emys portisi Sacco
1915Emys portisi De Stefano
1915Palaeochelys portisi De Stefano
2004Mauremys portisi Hervet p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
Pantestudines
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyGeoemydidaeTheobald 1868
genusMauremysGray 1870
speciesportisi(Sacco 1889)

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.

Mauremys portisi Sacco 1889
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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, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Asti) Emys portisi (86305)