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Aspideretoides superstes

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Aspideretes superstes was named by Russell (1930). Its type specimen is UA 334, a partial skeleton (carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Highwood River, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Paskapoo Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Atoposemys superstes by Vitek and Joyce (2015); it was recombined as Aspideretoides superstes by Joyce et al. (2016).

Synonyms
  • Atoposemys entopteros was named by Hutchison (2013). Its type specimen is UCMP 133900, a partial skeleton (incomplete postcranial skeleton consisting of complete carapace, nearly complete plastron except epiplastra, right and left scapula, right coracoid, partial pel), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP V86094 Headless Gulch, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Atoposemys superstes by Vitek and Joyce (2015).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Aspideretes superstes Russell p. 27 figs. 1-3
2013Atoposemys entopteros Hutchison p. 478
2015Atoposemys superstes Vitek and Joyce
2016Aspideretoides superstes Joyce et al.

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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
—PantrionychidaeJoyce et al. 2004
—Plastomenidae()
genusAspideretoides
speciessuperstes()

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.

†Aspideretoides superstes Russell 1930
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Invalid names: Atoposemys entopteros Hutchison 2013 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lancian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 70.60000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Atoposemys superstes (48235)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Atoposemys entopteros (168334 168336 168337)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) Aspideretes superstes (176515)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Canada (Alberta) Aspideretes superstes (type locality: 178484)