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Aspideretes sinuosus

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Aspideretes sinuosus was named by Chow and Yeh (1958). Its type specimen is IVPP V 944, a partial skeleton (anterior two-thirds of carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province, which is in the Ruscinian of horizon China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Aspideretes sinuosus Chow and Yeh
1963Aspideretes sinuosus Yeh
2008Aspideretes sinuosus Brinkman et al. p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyTrionychidaeGray 1825
genusAspideretesHay 1904
speciessinuosusChow and Yeh 1958

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.

Aspideretes sinuosus Chow and Yeh 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Entire body: yesg
Body part: carapacef
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: aquaticg
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2006-04-19 15:10:07
Modified: 2006-04-19 17:10:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Holroyd et al. 2001, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: Ruscinian or 5.09000 to 3.55000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55China (Shanxi) Aspideretes sinuosus (type locality: 42273)