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Hesperotestudo harrisi

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae

Discussion

ParatypeAMNH 12755 consists of an incomplete skull missing the left anterior portion.

Named for Arthur H. Harris, to honor his many contributions to late Cenozoic vertebrate paleontology

Taxonomy
Hesperotestudo harrisi was named by Lichtig and Lucas (2022). Its type specimen is AMNH 14340, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete skull, most of both epiplastra (though the posterior portion is obscured by matrix), the distal head of a humerus, a right radius, right perip), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NW Pojoaque Bluffs, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Tesuque Formation of New Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. crassicutata, H. mlynarsii, H. mlynarskii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Hesperotestudo harrisi Lichtig and Lucas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyXerobatinaeAgassiz 1857
genusHesperotestudo(Williams 1950)
speciesharrisi

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.

†Hesperotestudo harrisi Lichtig and Lucas 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Hesperotestudo harrisi (type locality: 225602)