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Euclastes
Taxonomy
Euclastes was named by Cope (1870).
It was assigned to Chelydrinae by Cope (1870); to Cheloniidae by Lynch and Parham (2003), Joyce et al. (2004), Brinkman et al. (2009), Jalil et al. (2009), Mateus et al. (2012), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); and to Pancheloniidae by Parham (2005), Parham et al. (2014), Weems (2014), Ullmann and Carr (2021).
It was assigned to Chelydrinae by Cope (1870); to Cheloniidae by Lynch and Parham (2003), Joyce et al. (2004), Brinkman et al. (2009), Jalil et al. (2009), Mateus et al. (2012), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); and to Pancheloniidae by Parham (2005), Parham et al. (2014), Weems (2014), Ullmann and Carr (2021).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1870 | Catapleura Cope |
| 1870 | Euclastes Cope p. 148 |
| 1871 | Glossochelys Seeley |
| 1884 | Catapleura Cope |
| 1908 | Catapleura Hay p. 150 |
| 1930 | Catapleura Hay p. 76 |
| 1988 | Glossochelys Carroll |
| 1988 | Catapleura Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 1998 | Osteopygoides Karl et al. |
| 2000 | Pampaemys de la Fuente and Casadio |
| 2002 | Catapleura Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Euclastes Lynch and Parham p. 22 |
| 2004 | Euclastes Joyce et al. |
| 2005 | Euclastes Parham p. 75 |
| 2006 | Catapleura Hirayama |
| 2009 | Euclastes Brinkman et al. p. 78 |
| 2009 | Euclastes Jalil et al. |
| 2012 | Euclastes Mateus et al. |
| 2014 | Euclastes Parham et al. |
| 2014 | Catapleura Weems |
| 2014 | Euclastes Weems |
| 2014 | Euclastes de Lapparent de Broin et al. |
| 2021 | Euclastes Ullmann and Carr |
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G. †Euclastes Cope 1870
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†Euclastes acutirostris Jalil et al. 2009
†Euclastes coahuilaensis Brinkman et al. 2009
†Euclastes melii Misuri 1910
†Euclastes meridionalis de la Fuente and Casadio 2000
†Euclastes platyops Cope 1870
†Euclastes wielandi Hay 1908
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Invalid names: Catapleura ponderosa Cope 1871 [synonym], Erquelinnesia molaria Hay 1908 [synonym], Euclastes priscus Lynch and Parham 2003 [synonym], Osteopygis repandus Cope 1868 [synonym], Osteopygis roundsi Weems 1988 [synonym], Osteopygoides priscus Karl et al. 1998 [synonym]
Invalid names: Catapleura Cope 1870 [synonym], Glossochelys Seeley 1871 [synonym], Osteopygoides Karl et al. 1998 [synonym], Pampaemys de la Fuente and Casadio 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| O. P. Hay 1908 (Catapleura) | A genus not well known. Nuchal bone little broader than the anterior peripherals. Nuchal and first and second peripherals suturally joined to the first costal bone. The other peripherals to the eleventh probably not suturally connected with the disk of the carapace. No pit in the second peripheral for the hyoplastron. A pit in the eleventh peripheral for the rib of eight costal. Plastron probably resembling that of Osteopygis, but not extending so far along the peripherals. | |
| D. Brinkman et al. 2009 | Differs from Toxochelys Cope 1873, Nichollsemys Brinkman et al. 2006, and Eochelone Dollo 1903 in the presence of a secondary palate. Differs from Ctenochelys Zangerl 1953 in the greater extent of the secondary palate. Distinguished from other cheloniids based on a broad skull, low skull profile, broad and flat triturating surface, and wide, flat dentary with an elongate symphysis. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Messinian or 83.60000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (33 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | Dollochelys sp. (48725) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Coahuila) | E. coahuilaensis (154161 154244) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | E. wielandi (180790 201600) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Angola (Namibe) | E. sp. (106705) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Chile | Osteopygis sp. (36948) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Catapleura ponderosa, Lytoloma wielandi (88034) Lytoloma angusta, Erquelinnesia molaria (87902) Lytoloma wielandi, Osteopygis repandus (48570) Toxochelys atlantica (167780) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Chile (Biobio) | E. sp. (150921) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (California) | Osteopygis sp. (76728) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Toxochelys atlantica, Osteopygis emarginatus (26819) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Río Negro) | E. meridionalis (141237) | |
| Danian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Pampaemys meriodionalis (5160) | |
| Danian | Morocco | Osteopygis emarginatus (83311 137838 137839) | |
| Danian | USA (Maryland) | E. wielandi (167186) | |
| Danian - Thanetian | Morocco | E. acutirostris (123123) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Virginia) | Osteopygis roundsi (60967 61147) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Maryland) | Osteopygis roundsi, Dollochelys coatesi (84046) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | E. platyops (82001) | |
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | Rhetechelys platyops (3113) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Maryland) | E. sp. (84045) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Maryland ) | Catapleura sp. (124192) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium (Hainaut) | Dollochelys casieri (87947) | |
| Eocene | USA (New Jersey) | Chelone sopita (84043) | |
| Lutetian | Ukraine (Luhansk) | Glossochelys sp. (120885) | |
| Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | E. sp. (188994) | |
| Burdigalian - Messinian | Italy (Apulia) | E. melii (47125) |