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Testudo burgenlandica

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Testudo burgenlandica was named by Bachmayer and Mlynarski (1983). Its type specimen is NHMW 1981/0024/0001, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kohfidisch, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Austria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Testudo burgenlandica Bachmayer and Mlynarski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
tribeTestudininiBatsch 1788
genusTestudo
speciesburgenlandica

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.

Testudo burgenlandica Bachmayer and Mlynarski 1983
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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: Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Vallesian to the top of the MN 11 or 11.63000 to 7.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Austria Testudo burgenlandica (192458)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Testudo burgenlandica (type locality: 37789)