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Algorachelus

Osteichthyes - Testudines

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Algorachelus Pérez-García p. 2
2020Algorachelus Pérez-García
2024Algorachelus Antunes and Pérez-García

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
—Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
tribeBothremydini
subtribeBothremydina
genusAlgorachelus

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.

G. †Algorachelus Pérez-García 2017
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†Algorachelus parvus Haas 1978
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Invalid names: Podocnemis judaea Haas 1978 [synonym]
†Algorachelus peregrina Pérez-García 2017
†Algorachelus tibert Joyce et al. 2016
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Pérez-García 2017Member of Bothremydina with the following autapomorphies: small shell length, not exceeding 25 cm; nuchal anterior margin equal to or greater than half of the maximum width of the plate; stapes not completely con- tained in a bony canal.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Spain (Teruel) A. peregrina (235385)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain (Soria) A. sp. (215933)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Portugal (Lisbon) A. peregrina (234569)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Palestine Podocnemis parva, Podocnemis judaea (11804)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Portugal (Leiria) A. peregrinus (186171)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Paiutemys tibert (181692)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Eupleurodira indet. (132494)