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Anosteira crowcreekensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Carettochelyidae

Taxonomy
Anosteira crowcreekensis was named by Hutchison and Westgate (2024) [urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:ED287597-E98F-445F-9EE5-AD560F4C89BF]. Its type specimen is UCMP 258185, a set of postcrania (neural 4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crow Creek, which is in a Priabonian estuary/bay marl in Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Anosteira crowcreekensis Hutchison and Westgate p. 4 figs. 3B-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Trionychia
familyCarettochelyidaeGill 1889
genusAnosteiraLeidy 1871
speciescrowcreekensis

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.

†Anosteira crowcreekensis Hutchison and Westgate 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:25:47
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:25:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Anosteira crowcreekensis (type locality: 16549)