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Anosteira

Reptilia - Testudines

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Anosteira Leidy
1873Anosteira Leidy p. 341
1884Anostira Cope
1889Anostira Lydekker p. 143
1902Anosteira Hay p. 447
1908Anosteira Hay p. 279 figs. Plate 43, figs. I, %; teit-figs. 352-354
1908Anosteira Lambe
1915Anosteira Gilmore p. 121
1930Anosteira Hay p. 92
1931Anosteira Gilmore p. 217
1947Anosteira Zangerl
1963Anosteira Yeh
1988Anosteira Carroll
1992Anosteira Hutchison
1996Anosteira Hutchison p. 339
2000Anosteira Sukhanov p. 344
2004Anosteira Hutchison et al. p. 45
2008Anosteira Brinkman et al. p. 65
2010Anosteira Tong et al. p. 280
2012Anosteira Karl et al.
2014Anosteira Joyce
2018Anosteira Joyce et al.

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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
suborderTrionychia
Carettochelyidae(Gill 1889)
genusAnosteiraLeidy 1871

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.

G. †Anosteira Leidy 1871
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Anosteira manchuriana Zangerl 1947
Anosteira maomingensis Chow and Liu 1955
Anosteira mongoliensis Gilmore 1931
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Invalid names: Anosteira shantungensis Cheng 1961 [synonym]
Anosteira ornata Leidy 1871
Anosteira pulchra Clark 1932
Anosteira shuvalovi Chkhikvadze 1979
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Tong et al. 2010A genus of Anosteirinae. Differing from Kizylkumemys in the second vertebral scute extending onto the first neural; differing from Pseudanosteira in the regular neurals, the large and not divided second vertebral scute.
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: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 100.50000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Omnogov) A. shuvalovi (67974)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Shandong) A. shantungensis (154958)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Jiangxi) A. sp. (182565)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) A. ornata (15837 16201 16228 16235 16272 16273 27269 70266) Anostira ornata (130809)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3China (Liaoning) A. manchuriana (162504)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0China (Guangdong) A. maomingensis (151737 167230)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mongolia A. mongoliensis (127656)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Inner Mongolia) A. mongoliensis (178831)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) A. pulchra (16572)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) A. pulchra (198273)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) A. ornata (185691) A. pulchra (186893 186895 186896 213058 213059 213060 213061 213062 213063 213064 213065 213066 213067 213068 213069 213070 213071 213112 213113 213134 213135 222799 222802) Pseudanosteira pulchra (16594)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0China (Henan) A. sp. (177036)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar A. sp. (41320 41456 41460 41461 41462 41463)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Guangdong) A. maomingensis (144065)