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Rheodytes devisi

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Chelidae

Taxonomy
Rheodytes devisi was named by Thomson (2000). Its type specimen is QM 16-1106B, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Darling Downs, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia. It is the type species of Rheodytes.

Entered
by P. Mannion on 2017-09-25; modified by E. Vlachos on 2017-12-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Rheodytes devisi Thomson
2016Rheodytes devisi Maniel and de la Fuente

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
Pantestudines
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
familyChelidaeGray 1825
genusRheodytesLegler and Cann 1980
speciesdevisi

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.

Rheodytes devisi Thomson 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapacef
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0f
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-25 14:20:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:30:55
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Chelymys antiqua (type locality: 95863)