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Allaeochelys lingnanica

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Anosteira lingnanica was named by Young and Chow (1962). Its type specimen is IVPP V.1044.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wuchinyü, Nanxiong, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial sandstone in China.

It was recombined as Allaeochelys lingnanica by Broin (1977) and Joyce (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Anosteira lingnanica Young and Chow pp. 134-135
1977Allaeochelys lingnanica Broin
2008Anosteira lingnanica Brinkman et al. p. 68
2014Allaeochelys lingnanica Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
suborderTrionychia
—Carettochelyidae(Gill 1889)
—Carettochelyinae(Boulenger 1887)
tribeAllaeochelyini
genusAllaeochelysNoulet 1867
specieslingnanica()

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.

†Allaeochelys lingnanica Young and Chow 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:25:47
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:25:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Paleocene or 61.70000 to 58.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.7 - 58.7China (Guangdong) Anosteira lingnanica (type locality: 71846)