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Protemys

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Protemys was named by Owen (1849). Its type is Protemys serrata.

It was assigned to Paludinosa by Quenstedt (1882); and to Chelonia by Owen (1851), Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. serrata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Protemys Owen p. 169
1851Protemys Owen p. 15
1882Protemys Quenstedt p. 150
2002Protemys Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
genusProtemys

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. †Protemys Owen 1849
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†Protemys serrata Owen 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) P. serrata (52568)