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Foxemys mechinorum

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Foxemys mechinorum was named by Tong et al. (1998). Its type specimen is MD t 10, a partial skeleton (dorsoventrally crushed skull with right half of carapace and complete plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fox-Amphoux-La Bastide Neuve, which is in a Campanian fluvial claystone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Foxemys mechinorum Tong et al. p. 3 figs. 1-11
2006Foxemys mechinorum Gaffney et al. p. 64
2012Foxemys mechinorum Rabi et al. p. 663
2018Foxemys mechinorum Pérez-García and Ortega
2021Foxemys mechinorum Pérez-García et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
—Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
tribeBothremydini
subtribeFoxemydina
genusFoxemys
speciesmechinorum

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.

†Foxemys mechinorum Tong et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006[as for genus Foxemys]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Foxemys mechinorum (89990) Podocnemidae indet. (type locality: 28454)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Bothremydidae indet. (48870) Foxemys mechinorum (59887)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Foxemydina indet. (91781)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Testudines indet. (48850)