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Desmemys
Taxonomy
Desmemys was named by Wegner (1911).
It was assigned to Desmemydinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Thalassemyidae by Carroll (1988); and to Pleurosternidae by Brinkman et al. (2000), Milner (2004), Karl et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Desmemydinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Thalassemyidae by Carroll (1988); and to Pleurosternidae by Brinkman et al. (2000), Milner (2004), Karl et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Desmemys Wegner |
| 1928 | Desmemys Nopcsa p. 166 |
| 1988 | Desmemys Carroll |
| 2000 | Desmemys Brinkman et al. p. 272 fig. 5 |
| 2004 | Desmemys Milner p. 1445 |
| 2012 | Desmemys Karl et al. |
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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. †Desmemys Wegner 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Berriasian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Testudines indet. (45760) |