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Adocus striatula

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Taxonomy
Zygoramma striatula was named by Cope (1869). Its type specimen is AMNH 2358, a partial shell (greater portion of both hypoplastra, 5 posterior peripherals, and fragments of 3 costal bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey. It is the type species of Zygoramma.

It was recombined as Adocus striatula by Hutchison and Weems (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Zygoramma striatula Cope p. 257 figs. Plate 37, fig. 10; plate 38, figs. 1-3; text-fig. 321
1871Zygoramma striatula Cope p. ii
1902Zygoramma striatula Hay p. 445
1908Zygoramma striatula Hay p. 257 figs. Plate 37, fig. 10; plate 38, figs. 1-3; text-fig. 321
1930Zygoramma striatula Hay p. 91
1998Adocus striatula Hutchison and Weems

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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
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
familyAdocidae
genusAdocus
speciesstriatula()

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.

†Adocus striatula Cope 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapaceg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-09-01 10:38:32
Modified: 2005-09-01 12:38:32
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Estes et al. 1969, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Zygoramma striatula (type locality: 87902)