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Selenemys lusitanica

Reptilia - Pleurosternidae

Taxonomy
Selenemys lusitanica was named by Pérez-García and Ortega (2011). Its type specimen is ALTSHN.066, a shell (shell with complete plastron and disarticulated carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Rita, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in the Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Formation of Portugal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Selenemys lusitanica Pérez-García and Ortega
2017Selenemys lusitanica Pérez-García
2019Selenemys lusitanica Joyce and Anquetin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
—Paracryptodira
familyPleurosternidae
genusSelenemys
specieslusitanica

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.

†Selenemys lusitanica Pérez-García and Ortega 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. G. Joyce and J. Anquetin 2019Selenemys lusitanica can be diagnosed as a paracryptodire by the full list of shell characters listed for that clade above. Selenemys lusitanica can be differentiated from all other paracryptodires by apomorphically possessing a midline contact of peripherals I anterior to the nuchal (as in Compsemys spp.) combined with the absence of a cervical (as in Pleurosternon bullockii and Toremys cassiopeia)
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Lisboa) Selenemys lusitanica (108808)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Pleurosternidae indet. (type locality: 108806)