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Rafetoides messelianus

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Trionyx messelianus was named by Reinach (1900). Its type specimen is SMF R106, a partial shell (almost complete carapace and a hyoplastron fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Messel, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine shale in the Messel Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Palaeoamyda messeliana by Cadena (2016); it was recombined as Rafetoides messelianus by Karl (2018), Karl and Tichy (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. henrici

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Rafetoides austriacus Peters
1900Trionyx messelianus Reinach
1927Trionyx messelianus kochi Hummel
1927Trionyx messelianus lepsiusi Hummel
2016Palaeoamyda messeliana Cadena
2017Trionyx messelianus Georgalis and Joyce
2018Rafetoides messelianus Karl
2019Rafetoides messelianus Karl and Tichy p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
familyTrionychidaeGray 1825
subfamilyTrionychinaeGray 1825
tribeTrionychiniGray 1825
genusRafetoidesKarl 1998
speciesmesselianus()

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.

†Rafetoides messelianus Reinach 1900
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Invalid names: Rafetoides austriacus Peters 1858 [synonym], Trionyx messelianus lepsiusi Hummel 1927 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapacef
Adult length: 100 to < 1000f
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-25 13:24:04
Modified: 2005-09-09 19:45:41
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: base of the MP 11 to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Austria Rafetoides messelianus (236310)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Bavaria) Rafetoides austriacus (187573) Trionyx sp. (187571)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Palaeoamyda messeliana (179236)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Trionyx sp. (type locality: 22701)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Rafetoides messelianus (24201)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany (Hesse) Rafetoides austriacus (177495)