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Denverus middletoni

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Denverus middletoni was named by Hutchison and Holroyd (2003). Its type specimen is UCM 48400, a partial skeleton (parts of carapace and plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is east bank, Jimmy Camp Creek (UCM Loc. 79013), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Denver Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Denverus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Denverus middletoni Hutchison and Holroyd p. 127 fig. 8
2016Denverus middletoni Joyce

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Chelydroidea()
PanchelydridaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusDenverus
speciesmiddletoni

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.

Denverus middletoni Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Denverus middletoni (176745 176859)